Viktoria V. Ilyushina, Oksana Yu. Zimina

The Institute of Reclamation of the North, Siberian Branch of RAS, Tyumen, Russia(vika_tika@mail.ru, o_winter@mail.ru)

Keywords: Lower Ishim basin, settlement of Mergen’ 2, Krasnoozerskaya culture, pottery, technical and technological analysis.

This article is devoted to the analysis of the technology of pottery production of the bearers of Krasnoozerskaya culture from the settlement Mergen’ 2 located in the Ishim district of Tyumen region. The analysis has been made within the framework of a historical-cultural approach to pottery developed by A.A. Bobrinsky. The ceramic complex of the settlement is morphologically heterogeneous. The collection includes four main groups of vessels. We elucidated their respective techniques and compared the pertinent data. The study of the collection showed the continuity of skills of the potters of Krasnoozerskaya culture at the settlement of Mergen’ 2 at all phases of pottery production. A comparison of the obtained data with the results of the study of Krasnoozerskaya culture pottery from the settlement of Chicha-1 shows high similarity of the skills of potters, for example, at the stage of forming bodies/pastes. The study of pottery manufacture among the bearers of Suzgunskaya and Atlymskaya cultures as well as the bearers of the early Krasnoozerskaya culture is necessary to distinguish local and alien traditions of the making of pottery.