One Ethnic
Group
“It is evident that we cannot understand a single
element, the Kh. Kerak ware,
unless we see it as belonging to a whole phenomenon. It is the great affinity, indeed almost homogeneity of the
pottery, both shapes, surface
treatment and decoration, which unifies the whole wide range of separated regions, from Transcaucasia (the Kura-Arax
culture of B. Kuftin),
Armenia and Azerbaidjan, through Eastern and central Anatolia, to the whole length of the Levant, into one
phenomenon. Diffusion of ceramic culture to such an extent requires the
interpretation of an ethnic movement emanating from a region where that culture is at home, the Transcaucasian regions.”
Ruth Amiran, 1965, Yanik Tepe, Shengavit, and the Khirbet Kerak Ware. Anatolian
Studies 15: 165-167. Ankara: British
Institute.03/10/2009
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