Anadolu Çömlekçiliğinde Gelenek ve İnanışlar

Pottery production which has a long history in Anatolia has been in existence for thousands of years. It defines the culture of that society with many elements such as the eating and drinking habits, social structure, economy, traditions, customs and beliefs of the society in which it was produced from the oldest productions to the present day. From this aspect, while forming the main study field of archaeology and ethnoarchaeology in the beginning, it became the center of interest for field of social anthropology, ceramics art and design with the appreciation of material cultural assets in recent years. In Anatolia, there has been more than a hundred pottery production centers since the beginning of 1900s. There are many publications about the productions in these centers but these publications are limited with technical expression of the process from clay obtaining to firing. However, there are many different and similar traditions and beliefs in every center. The aims of this study is to submit data about tradition and beliefs in Anatolian pottery, to take the attention of the scientists who study in ethnology, folklore, anthropology, and sociology fields especially in our country, and to share the information that is thought to contribute these study fields. The study data consists of the literature review and the project titled “The Primitive Pottery Centers Present in Anatolia” which was conducted within the scope of Dokuz Eylul University Scientific Research Project between the years 2010 and 2015. In this study, it is obtained that there are tradition and beliefs about the emergence of pottery, the divinity of profession, the importance of profession, the firing of products and the usage of products. The data are analyzed in three main titles as the traditions and beliefs about Profession, Firing and Products. It is seen that there are many traditions and beliefs in divinity of profession with rumors, maintenance of its continuity and handing it down to next generations. In firing, which is one of the most important parts of production, it is seen that the knowledge gained with experience becomes ritual harmonized with beliefs and the products are used as a means of expression in weddings and deaths which are the social dynamics of community.