CERAMICS FROM THE EARLY IRON AGE SETTLEMENTS OF FOREST-STEPPE ALTAI
Abstract
The article contains the results of studying of ceramics from the settlements of the Early Iron Age from forest-steppe Altai and the short characteristic of ceramic collections of three archaeological cultures. The ceramics of the Staroaleyskaya culture is characterized by closed, sometimes open, flat-bottomed jars and cups with a flat or roundish bottom ornamented with ranks of the small, closely located pearl beading on the edge of the collar; the Kamenskaya culture is characterized by jug-like vessels, rarely open, flat-bottomed jars ornamented with ranks of hollows, notches or herringbone. In Bystryanskaya culture the juglike vessels and pots are often decorated with rollers with notches. Vessels made of ferruginized plastic raw materials are typical for all the examined collections while medium-plastic and low-plastic raw materials are unusual. In the Barnaul Ob area chamotte was used while in the northern foothills of Altai grass was more typical. Ceramics without artificially added mineral impurities can be occasionally found in forest-steppe and foothill areas. The great number of the mixed recipes is found on the lake Itkul. On the basis of studying of adaptive skills for ceramics production, there were revealed cultural traditions in drawing up pottery paste corresponding to certain landscape characteristics and the skills reflecting contacts of the population and development of new territories. The data of the technical and technological analysis confirm the process of interaction and mixture of different population groups during Early Iron Age of forest-steppe Altai traced on the basis of studying of forms and ornament of ceramics.
Downloads
Metrics
References
Abdulganeev M.T. Poselenie Dmitrievskaya Griva [The Demetrius Mane Settlement]. Kul’tura narodov Evraziyskikh stepey v drevnosti [Culture of the Peoples of the Eurasian Steppes in Antiquity]. Barnaul : Izd-vo Alt. un-ta, 1993. Pp. 181–191. [In Russian]. Абдулганеев М.Т. Поселение Дмитриевская Грива // Культура народов Евразийских степей в древности. – Барнаул: Изд-во АГУ, 1993. – С. 181–191.
Abdulganeev M.T., Vladimirov V.N. Statisticheskaya obrabotka keramiki i periodizatsiya poseleniy lesostepnogo i predgornogo Altaya vtoroy poloviny I tys. do n.e. [Statistical Processing of Ceramics and Periodization of Altai Steppe and Foothill Settlements in the Second Half of of the 1st Millennium BC]. Problemy khronologii v arkheologii istorii [Problems of Chronology in the Archaeological History of Barbaul]. Barnaul : Izd-vo Alt. un-ta, 1991. Pp. 93–107 [In Russian]. Абдулганеев М.Т., Владимиров В.Н. Статистическая обработка керамики и периодизация поселений лесостепного и предгорного Алтая второй половины I тыс. до н.э. // Проблемы хронологии в археологии истории. Барнаул: Изд-во АГУ, 1991. С. 93–107.
Abdulganeev M.T., Vladimirov V.N. Tipologiya poseleniy Altaya 6–2 vv. do n.e. [Typology of Altai Settlements in the 6th – 2nd Centuries BC]. Barnaul : Izd-vo Alt. un-ta, 1997. 148 p. [In Russian]. Абдулганеев М.Т, Владимиров В.Н. Типология поселений Алтая 6–2 вв. до н.э. – Барнаул: Изд-во АГУ, 1997. 148 с.
Bobrinskiy A.A. Goncharstvo Vostochnoy Evropy [Pottery of Eastern Europe]. M. : Nauka, 1978. 272 p [In Russian]. Бобринский А.А. Гончарство Восточной Европы. М: Наука, 1978. 272 с.
Bobrinskiy A.A. Goncharnaya tekhnologiya kak ob”ekt istoriko-kul’turnogo izucheniya [Pottery Technology as an Object of Historical and Cultural Study]. Aktual’nye problemy izucheniya drevnego goncharstva : kollektivnaya monografiya [Topical Problems of Ancient Pottery Research: Collective Monograph]. Samara : Izd-vo SamGPU, 1999. Pp. 5–109. [In Russian]. Бобринский А.А. Гончарная технология как объект историко-культурного изучения // Актуальные проблемы изучения древнего гончарства (коллективная монография). Самара: Изд-во СамГПУ, 1999. С. 5–109.
Singaevskii А.Т. Keramicheskiy kompleks poseleniya Malyy Gon’binskiy Kordon-1/1 (MGK-1/1) [Ceramic Complex from the Small Gonbinsky Cordon Settlement-1/1 (CIM-1/1)]. Shestye istoricheskie chteniya pamyati Mikhaila Petrovicha Gryaznova [The Sixth Historical Readings in Memory of Mikhail Petrovich Graznov]. Omsk : OmGU, 2004. S. 226–227. [In Russian]. Сингаевский А.Т. Керамический комплекс поселения Малый Гоньбинский Кордон 1/1 (МГК 1/1) // Шестые исторические чтения памяти Михаила Петровича Грязнова. Омск, 2004. С. 226–227.
Stepanova N.F. Predvaritel’nye itogi issledovaniy iskhodnogo syr’ya i formovochnykh mass keramiki neolita-bronzy Gornogo Altaya i ego predgoriy [Preliminary Results of the Research into Raw Material and Molding Compounds of the Pottery of Neolithic, Bronze Age of the Altai Mountains and the Foothills]. Izuchenie istoriko-kul’turnogo naslediya narodov Yuzhnoy Sibiri. Vyp. 7 [The Study of Historical and Cultural Heritage of the Peoples of South Siberia. Issue 7]. Gorno-Altaysk : AKIN, 2008. Pp. 23–31. [In Russian]. Степанова Н.Ф. Предварительные итоги исследований исходного сырья и формовочных масс керамики неолита-бронзы Горного Алтая и его предгорий // Изучение историко-культурного наследия народов Южной Сибири. Вып. 7. Горно-Алтайск, 2008. – С. 23–31.
Stepanova N.F. Osobennosti iskhodnogo syr’ya i formovochnykh mass keramiki epokhi neolita i bronzy Gornogo Altaya i ego severnykh predgoriy [Features of Raw Material and Molding Compounds of the Pottery of the Neolithic and Bronze Age in the Altai Mountains and the Northern Foothills]. Drevnee goncharstvo: itogi i perspektivy izucheniya [Ancient Pottery: Research Results and Prospects]. M. : IA RAN, 2010. Pp. 117–125. [In Russian]. Степанова Н.Ф. Особенности исходного сырья и формовочных масс керамики эпохи неолита и бронзы Горного Алтая и его северных предгорий // Древнее гончарство: итоги и перспективы изучения. М.: ИА РАН, 2010. С. 117–125.
Stepanova N.F. Kul’turnye traditsii v vybore iskhodnogo syr’ya i mineral’nykh primesey pri izgotovlenii keramiki po materialam gornykh, predgornykh, stepnykh i lesostepnykh rayonov Altaya [Cultural Traditions in the Selection of Raw Materials and Mineral Impurities in the Production of Ceramic Materials for the Mountain, Foothill, Steppe and Forest-Steppe Regions of Alta]. Samarskiy nauchnyy vestnik [Samara Scientific Bulletin]. 2015. №4 (13). Pp. 90–95. [In Russian]. Степанова Н.Ф. Культурные традиции в выборе исходного сырья и минеральных примесей при изготовлении керамики по материалам горных, предгорных, степных и лесостепных районов Алтая // Самарский научный вестник. 2015. № 4 (13). С.90–95.
Shamshin A.B., Frolov Ya.V., Mednikova E.M. Bobrovskiy gruntovyy mogil’nik [Bobrowski Ground Burial]. Pogrebal’nyy obryad drevnikh plemen Altaya [The Funeral Rite of the Ancient Tribes of Altai]. Barnaul : Izd-vo Alt. un-ta, 1996. Pp. 69–88. [In Russian]. Шамшин А.Б., Фролов Я.В., Медникова Э.М. Бобровский грунтовый могильник // Погребальный обряд древних племен Алтая. Барнаул: Изд-во АГУ, 1996. С. 69-88.
Copyright (c) 2017 Теория и практика археологических исследований
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Theory and Practice of Archaeological Research is a golden publisher, as we allow self-archiving, but most importantly we are fully transparent about your rights.
Authors may present and discuss their findings ahead of publication: at biological or scientific conferences, on preprint servers, in public databases, and in blogs, wikis, tweets, and other informal communication channels.
Theory and Practice of Archaeological Research allows authors to deposit manuscripts (currently under review or those for intended submission to ABS) in non-commercial, pre-print servers such as ArXiv.
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).
2.jpg)
