This volume collects research presented at the Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (ANAMED) 2018 international annual symposium. It brings together researchers engaged in the study of the decoration and technology of glazed pottery, ranging from the early Byzantine era to the end of the Ottoman period. Topics explored include pottery production in Constantinople, glazed ceramic production and consumption in medieval Thebes, pottery imports in Algiers during the Turkish Regency, considerations of trading routes and their influences, the relationships between Italy and the Byzantine and Ottoman world through pottery, and more.
"Nikos Kontogiannis and Beate Böhlendorf-Arslan - Introduction Filiz Yenisehirlioglu - Moments of Change, Actors and Interpretation Yona Waksman - Pottery Production in Constantinople, Istanbul: Recent Excavations and New Issues Regarding the Diffusion of Wares, Styles, and Techniques Natalia Poulou - Polychrome Ware: The Long Journey of Decorative Motifs Muradiye Öztaskin - Production of Glazed Wares and Their Identity from the Byzantine to Ottoman Periods in Aphrodisias Fotini Kondyli - Between Tradition and Experimentation: Glazed Ceramic Production and Consumption in Medieval Thebes Jacques Burlot - Cultural, Technological, and Economic Changes in Western Anatolia: Observing the Byzantine-Ottoman Transition (13th–15th Centuries) Through the Spectrum of Glazed Tablewares Eva Strothenke - Glazed Pottery of the East in the Doliche Monastery: Considerations on Trading Routes and Their Limits Between the Cilician Taurus and the Tigris Gülsu Simsek - On-site XRF Analysis of ""Iznik"" Tiles at Edirne Mosques Lucile Martinet - Colored Glazed Tiles During the Ottoman Era Edna J. Stern - Caught Between Two Worlds: Levantine Alkaline Glazed Ware Melanie Gibson -The China Syndrome: A Study of the Origin and Forms of Hatayi Elements in Ottoman Blue-and-White Ceramics, circa 1480–1540 Rosalind A. Wade Haddon - ‘Kubachi’ Influences on Iznik Vessels: A Discussion on Dealer Derived Sets of Tiles in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London Sauro Gelichi - Three Stories in the Medieval and Modern Mediterranean Area: the Relationships Between Italy and the Byzantine/Ottoman World Through Pottery Hatice Adigüzel - From Inspiration to Imitation: The Ottoman Impact on Italian Pottery Production Véronique François - Ottoman Consumption and Transmediterranean Trade: The Pottery Imports in Algiers at the Time of the Turkish Regency (1518–1830) Gülgün Yilmaz - New Inspirations of Kütahya Tiles in the 18th Century"
Filiz Yenişehirlioglu is professor of the history of art and director of the Vehbi Koç Ankara Research Center at Koç University in Istanbul. Beate Böhlendorf-Arslan is a professor at Philipps University of Marburg in Germany. Nikos Kontogiannis is assistant professor in the College of Social Science and Humanities and the Department of Archaeology and History of Art at Koç University.
