Fingerprints On Ceramics Dating Back 8 000 Years Uncovered
The Ulucak Mound in the Kemalpasa district of Izmir province in southwestern Turkey is said to be one of the oldest ceramic makers in the world. Zenger News spoke to the head of the dig, Professor Ozlem Cevik, in an exclusive interview. Cevik, who is an associate professor at Trakya University, in the city of Edirne, in northwestern Turkey, said that they had found ancient fingerprints on some of the ceramics there, including on some of the ancient dough used to make them....