Evgeny V. Sukhanov

Institute of Archaeology RAS, Moscow, Russia

E-mail: sukhanov_ev@mail.ru

Keywords: the Saltovo-Mayaki culture, the Dmitrievka cemetery, jars, mugs, historical and cultural approach.

The article focuses on the study of chronological changes in the shapes of ceramic ware from the Dmitrievka cemetery, one of the best-known burial sites of the Saltovo-Mayaki archaeological culture. The object of study are the two most common and morphologically diverse categories of pottery from the site – jars and mugs. The article attempts to identify the different traditions of shaping the vessels of both functional categories, as well as the criteria and cases of mixing these traditions. Based on the obtained data, a chronological grouping of the cemetery assemblages was developed which was confirmed with some independent data: metal inventory, planigraphy and topography of burial complexes. As a result, the possibility of using shapes of ceramic ware to develop the periodization of the Dmitrievka cemetery is shown.

DOI: 10.31857/S086960630010941-4