Evgeny S. Azarov^1,*, Viktor M. Pozhidaev^2,**, Igor S. Borisevich^2,***, Natalia P. Babichenko^2,****, Ekaterina B. Yatsishina^2,*****

¹The State Historical Museum, Moscow, Russia
²“Kurchatov Institute” National Research Centre, Moscow, Russia

*E-mail: hazari4@yandex.ru
**E-mail: pojidaev2006@yandex.ru
***E-mail: igo09volga@gmail.com
****E-mail: babichenko28@gmail.com
*****E-mail: yatsishina_eb@nrcki.ru

Keywords: “textile” pottery, GC-MS, fats, fatty acids, economy, the Bronze Age, forest zone, the Volga-Oka interfluve.

The article focuses on the economic model of settlements with net-impressed (“textile”) ceramics of the Bronze Age in the Volga-Oka interfluve based on the investigation of fats in organic residues on vessel fragments with gas chromatography and mass spectrometry methods (GC-MS). Samples for analysis come from reference sites, as well as from a settlement of a different cultural tradition for comparison. A total of 47 samples from 43 vessels were analyzed. Based on the data on the composition of fatty acids of modern products, the groups available for identification were determined. It was found that the same vessels were used for cooking food of different groups. The results obtained made it possible to confirm the decisive role of hunting and fishing for the economy of settlements with “textile” pottery.

DOI: 10.31857/S086960630009758-2