Earth Fired in Anatolia

The exhibition called “Earth Fired in Anatolia” which features a bunch of Gönül Paksoy’s special collection registered to the Archeology Museum; while offering a pleasant journey to the daily life, belief and the cultural worlds of the communities in the light of the earthenware fired in Anatolia between 7000 B.C – 1500 A.D, also told us the story of the pottery that had witnessed the basic aspects of life through the kitchenware used by the Anatolian women in daily life for cooking, for storing water, wine, olive oil, pottery left on the graves as gifts, water flasks and the offerings to the Gods. The artifacts exhibited in the chronological order covered a long period starting from the Chalcolithic Era extending to the period of Seljuk. Apart from the typical pottery of every period, unique artifacts that have not been exhibited before, tablets, inscribed bricks, necklaces, offering statues, oil-lamps, terracotta sculptures were also displayed at the exhibition. Especially the pottery dated back to the Early Bronze Age and the pottery with monochrome and polychrome decorations known as the Second Millennium Painted Pottery Tradition in the Van-Urmia region which were produced by the immigrant societies constituted the most prominent group in the exhibition.