Ceramics of «kargopol type» on multilayer monuments of Vodlozero (experience of planigraphic and stratigraphic analysis)

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the planigraphic and stratigraphic occurrence of pit–comb ceramics and dishes of the «kargopol type» on the multilayer settlements of Somboma I and Okhtoma I, III, the complexes of which contain ceramics of the «kargopol type» numbering more than 20 vessels on each monument. As a result, it was established that ceramics of the kargopol «type» are concentrated in certain parts of the excavations, and are absent in some excavations, while pit-comb dishes are distributed throughout the entire area of settlements. There are quite a lot of household objects associated with pit-comb dishes, as well as a ground dwelling, at the same time, no household objects are associated with ceramics of the «kargopol type», which indicates a short-term stay of carriers of this type of dishes on the shores of Lake Vodlozero. Thus, pit-comb ceramics and dishes of the «kargopol type» represent two different groups of the population. If we accept the correctness of M.G. Kosmenko assumption, that the ground dwelling with pit-comb ceramics belongs to the north-eastern local variant of the kargopol culture, and not the Karelian culture of pit-comb ceramics, then it becomes clear that the spread of ceramics of the «kargopol type» only on the territory of eastern Karelia.