Eneolithic ceramics of the Ozymenki II site in Primokshan

Abstract

The paper analyzes a complex of ceramics of the Volosovskaya culture of the Ozymenki II parking lot located in Primokshan within the framework of a typological and historical-cultural approach to the study of pottery. Previously, the authors published the Neolithic materials of this monument; this work is devoted to the Eneolithic ware. In the course of the study, the most stable forms of corollas, ornamental elements and ornamental motifs were identified. To carry out a technical and technological analysis, the Volosovskaya ceramics were divided into groups according to the characteristic elements of the ornament. The tradition of selecting raw materials characteristic of all Eneolithic ceramics of the site was highlighted: the predominant use of plastic (unpeeled) silty clay in a naturally moistened state. Recipes of the molding mass are also recorded, which demonstrate a variety of options: MC + FB + OS, MC + FB + C + OS, IPRM + C + OS, MC + CS + C + OS, MC + OS, MC + FB. According to the results of the study, the authors concluded that the materials of this monument should be attributed to the middle stage of the Volosovskaya culture, since there is a combination of dishes without ornament and dense ornamentation, a weakly profiled form of vessels prevails, there are no L-shaped corollas.