CERAMIC COMPLEX OF THE MAJTAN BURIAL AS THE REFLECTION OF CULTURAL GENESIS OF ATASUSKAYA CULTURE (Preliminary Report)
Abstract
The pottery obtained from the excavations of the Majtan burial in Central Kazakhstan is a representative source base to address many of the issues of the Bronze Age. However, there are problems of selection methods for the analysis of the collection which has 468 whole and reconstructed vessels. As a result, the author proposes his own approach in considering the existing mass finds. The analysis of the form allows distinguishing three conventional types of vessels (jar-type, transition pot-to-jar vessels, pot-type). In addition, specific design and ornamentation of these types are shown in detail. The systematization presented is of a preliminary character, but it allowed the author to make some conclusions and diverse reconstructions. It is concluded that the materials obtained in the Majtan burial reflect the initial stage of Atasuskskaya culture based on the natural development of local Nurtayskaya culture of Central Kazakhstan which was formed partly by females as the carriers of the Central Asian, East Kazakhstani and trans-Ural cultural traditions.
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