Technological Study of the Neolithic Pottery in Archaeology of Baikal-Yenisei Siberia. Historiographical Essay
https://doi.org/10.25205/1818-7919-2024-23-5-19-34
Abstract
Purpose. This article is devoted to the history of the study of the Neolithic pottery in Baikal-Yenisei Siberia from the point of view of the vessel manufacturing technology.
Results. At the first stage (1880–1915), researchers proposed hypotheses for the manufacture of vessels based on logical conclusions and ethnographic analogies without analyzing design features. The second stage (1916–1960s) was characterized by serious progress in the diagnosis of various techniques and the creation of hypotheses about Neolithic vessels manufacturing. Separate experiments on vessel modeling were carried out. At the third stage (1970–1990), due to the shift in the focus of research on the typology and chronology of ceramics, technological research was episodic. But after these issues were partially resolved and the achievements of domestic archeology were used in the study of ceramics, at the fourth stage (2000–2020s), the technological direction began to develop most actively. As a result of the technical and technological analysis and experiments, the cultural traditions of pottery were identified and options for reconstructing the manufacturing technology of all groups and types of Neolithic ceramics of Baikal-Yenisei Siberia were proposed.
Conclusion. As a result of studies carried out over many years, a lot of data has been obtained on the manufacture of vessels and a number of cultural traditions in the field of pottery have been identified among the Neolithic population of the region. The technological direction remains promising for obtaining further data, which requires the development of existing methods and the introduction of new ones.
Keywords
Baikal-Yenisei Siberia,
Neolithic,
ancient pottery,
technology,
history of science,
Siberian archaeologists
Supporting agencies: The study was carried out within the framework of the State task of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, project no. FZZE-2023-0007 “Dynamics and variability of paleotechnologies in the Stone Age of Baikal Siberia in the context of cultural traditions and adaptation strategies”.
About the Author
I. V. Ulanov
Irkutsk State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ilya V. Ulanov, Candidate of Sciences (History)
Irkutsk
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