ИСТИНА

Changes in material culture in North-Central Anatolia at the end of the 7th BCE and beginning of 6th BCE indicate starting of the Late Iron Age. Being developed in the Kızılırmak (Halys) basin, the unique painted pottery tradition spread to western part of the Kızılırmak, where it was developed by Phrygians, and, finally, can be seen in a wide geography of Anatolia. This painted pottery tradition in the Late Iron Age was developed by local Anatolian people under the influence of Phrygian culture. Major settlements from north to south of the region are Sinop, Akalan, Ladik/Köyiçi Tepesi, Oluz Höyük, Maşat Höyük, Eskiyapar, Boğazköy, Alacahöyük, Uşaklı Höyük, Çadır Höyük, Alişar, Kaman-Kalehöyük, Kültepe, Sultanhanı and Suluca/Karahöyük. The ongoing archaeological excavations of several Northern Black Sea settlements have revealed a significant amount of Anatolian pottery. It must be emphasized, that the Greek cities of the western coast of Asia Minor, which were the pioneers of colonization, had rather close relations with the nearest neighbors in Anatolia - Lydians, Carians and Phrygians. It seems rather obvious, that the Anatolian people took part not only in trade with the Greek cities (it can be attested by the growth of the Greek ceramic export to the inner areas of Anatolia.), but also in formation of their population. In other words, in the stream of the first Ionians to the Black Sea coastal area there were representatives of Anatolian people. It is difficult to define the amount of Anatolians in the Northern Black Sea area, because finally they were dissolved in the environment of mass of Ionian colonists and local population. This work focuses the pottery from the North-Central Anatolia in the Late Iron Age, its peculiar features and distribution in the Northern Black Sea area, basing on the results of the recent research.