Examples of ethnographic mine arts in Ahlat Museum

As a result of archaeological excavations conducted in Anatolia that was hosted many civilizations it was found that samples belong to mining art in Anatolia dating back to the prehistoric times. Human beings produced copper works first and after depending their development , they have learned to process mines that more difficult to be processed and also they have learned to process alloy mines like bronze that has increased durability. Construction practice like forging, casting, lathe and wax have been used for processing mines. At the ornamantation stage, the surface was decorated by using ornamentation techniques such as Cutting, Engraving, Playing, Inlay, Niolle. The examples of these mining arts are exhibited in many museums and exhibitions that located in Anatolia. Ahlat Museum, which is the subject of the research thesis, is one of these museums. Ahlat museum came into use in 1971 and at that museum artifacts that belong to the Bronze Age, Iron Age, Roman, Hellenistic, Seljuk and Ottoman Period are exhibited. Ahlat museum has 2068 recorded archaeological artifacts and 181 recorded ethnographic works. Title of research thesis is ''Examples of Ethnographic Mine Arts In Ahlat Museum and mine arts in that museum has been analyzed within the framework of museum directorete permission and this permission contains ethnographic works that at exhibition area and museum warehouse. These mine arts were brought to museum by archaeological excavation, purchasing and confiscation and these mine arts was dated to 18th and 19thcentury. The first aim of this research thesis is to give general information about usage area, construction material and technique of mine arts that subjected to thesis. By this way it is possible to evaluate about ornament and art style of mentioned period.