Bobrinsky A.A., Tsetlin Yu.B., Gey I.A.

Key words: pottery production, pottery, Kura-Araxes culture, technological traditions, potter’s wheel.
The article presents the results of technical and technological study of Early Bronze Age pottery (Kura-Araxes culture) from the excavations at Novo-Gaptsakh settlement in Dagestan. The authors analyze the cultural traditions in the choice and treatment of clay, making of the clay mass, use of molds and potter’s wheels. Local and imported traditions are identified.