Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Middle East Journal of Scientific Research, cilt.15, sa.4, ss.461-468, 2013 (Scopus)
Colors and forms within cultural motives include important historical signs. In this study, the colors and figures on Niksar - Ayvaz mosaics are taken as examples for development of civilizations that were founded and collapsed throughout the history of Anatolia. By photographing the mosaics in Niksar region of city of Tokat, which is called "Ayvaz Mosaics", traditional mosaic forms, colors and geometric signs of these mosaics have been examined. During the analysis of layers of cultural structure, very few mosaics have been identified as from Byzantine period and therefore it's decided that Anatolian civilization has been proven to be a transition civilization, through the indicators of the photographed mosaics. A study on history have been carried out, using geometric signs and colors on "Niksar Ayvaz Mosaics", which have been photographed by Lect. Orhan Tanakinci and historical signs have been analyzed in accordance with, first, W. Wundt's "Volkerpsychologie", i.e. ""folk psychology", which is an experimental branch of "Social Psychology", then Claude Levi Strauss' "structuralism theory"' and at last S. Peirce's "thirdness" principle. ©IDOSI Publications, 2013.