TECHNICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE ANDRONOVO CULTURE CERAMICS FROM THE FIRSOVO-15 SETTLEMENT (EXCAVATION MATERIALS 2020)

  • O.A. Fedoruk Altai State University Email: olunka.p@mail.ru
  • I.A. Valkov Federal Research Center of Coal and Coal Chemistry SB RAS Email: valkow92@mail.ru
DOI_disc_logo https://doi.org/10.14258/tpai(2023)35(2).-08
Keywords: Upper Ob region, Altai, Andronovo culture, ceramics, technical and technological analysis

Abstract

The paper presents the results of the technical and technological analysis of Andronovo ceramics obtained during the rescue excavations in 2020 at the multi-time settlement of Firsovo-15. The composition of the raw materials and molding masses of 18 samples was studied. It was found that most of the vessels were made of medium-hard plastic clays. In total, two recipes for composing molding masses have been identifi ed: clay + chamotte + organic solution, clay + chamotte + organics. Comparison of the data obtained with the result of earlier studies of the materials of the monument allows us to speak of a high degree of uniformity of the Andronovo ceramic complex of the Firsovo-15 settlement. A comparative analysis of the results with the available information on the technology of making ceramics of other Andronovo settlements of Altai demonstrates some originality of the studied complex. It consists in a small variety of recorded recipes, as well as in the presence of the only one type of mineral impurity in the studied sample. The results obtained indicate that the population who left this site had stable traditions in the selection of raw materials and the composition of molding masses, as well as its cultural unity.

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Author Biographies

O.A. Fedoruk, Altai State University

Candidate of Historical Sciences, Researcher of the Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Study of the Archaeology of Western Siberia and Altai

I.A. Valkov, Federal Research Center of Coal and Coal Chemistry SB RAS

senior engineer laboratory of archeology of the Federal Research Center of Coal and Coal-Chemistry of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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Published
2023-07-11
How to Cite
Fedoruk O., Valkov I. TECHNICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE ANDRONOVO CULTURE CERAMICS FROM THE FIRSOVO-15 SETTLEMENT (EXCAVATION MATERIALS 2020) // THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH, 2023. Vol. 35, № 2. P. 130-140 DOI: 10.14258/tpai(2023)35(2).-08. URL: https://journal.asu.ru/tpai/article/view/13343.
Issue
Vol 35 No 2 (2023)
Section
MATERIAL ANALYSIS IN ARCHAEOLOGY

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