Posol’sky-type ceramics of the Upper Lena basin (based on the data of Popovsky Lug and Makarovo I sites)
https://doi.org/10.21285/2415-8739-2023-1-8-32
Abstract
The article is devoted to the study of pottery of the Posol’sky-type ceramics from the archaeological sites of the upper reaches of the River Lena. The article presents a collection of Posol’sky type pottery delineated from the ceramic assemblages of the multilayered sites of Popovsky Lug (layer 2) and Makarovo I (upper complex). Based on the analysis of ceramic fragments of 28 vessels were identified. All the vessels have a "classical" shape with a thickened rim on the outside and are mostly covered with vertical line impressions. Based on the shape of the rims and the metric characteristics of the vessels four groups were distinguished. The presented groups of decoration of rims and their modifications allow us to speak about certain sets of operations used by ancient masters in the manufacture of Posol’sky type ceramics. It was possible to determine that the application of the ornament in the rim zone was used for practical and technological purposes to improve the connection of vessel parts when molding the most complex sections. The study of pottery of the Posol’sky type ceramics found in the upper reaches of the River Lena showed both regional differences in comparison with similar ceramics of the Baikal region and complete analogies (oval thickening on the outside, ornamentation, shape). The paper presents for the first time the obtained radiocarbon AMS dates for the Neolithic assemblages of the Posol’sky type ceramics of the Upper Lena within the limits of 6795-6405 cal. BP. In general, we see an earlier age of sites containing ceramics of the Posol’sky type in the west, on the Yenisei River (Elenev Cave) where most likely it appeared, after which it moves eastward along the south of Eastern Siberia to the Upper Vitim (Ust-Yumurchen).
Keywords
Upper Lena,
Upper Vitim,
Popovsky Lug,
Makarovo I,
Neolithic,
Posol’sky ceramic type,
Ust-Bel’sky ceramic type,
serrated stamp,
ornament,
technical decor,
radiocarbon AMS dates
Supporting agencies: this work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (grant no. 19-78-10084). The author is deeply grateful to O.A. Golovey for help in the desk processing of the research materials covered in this article.
About the Author
D. L. Shergin
Irkutsk State University;
Institute of the Earth Crust, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Dmitrii L. Shergin, Senior Lecturer of the Department of History and Methods, Laboratory of Archaeology and Ethnography of Pedagogical Institute; Leading Engineer, Center for Collective Use “Geodynamics and Geochronology”
9, Sukhbaatar St., Irkutsk 664011;
128, Lermontov St., Irkutsk 664033
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