Preliminary Results of Studying Ceramics from the Karbinskoye I Settlement of Early Iron Age in Priketye

Abstract

The article discusses the results of studying ceramics of the early Iron Age from the Karbinskoye I settlement in Priketye, located in the eastern part of the Narym Ob region. Within the framework of the historical and cultural approach, samples of 47 vessels from this site were studied. It was found that the ceramics were made from qualitatively different clays: ferruginous and non-ferruginous, mostly low-plastic. Six recipes for the preparation of molding materials were revealed. The main tradition in the use of mineral admixtures is the addition of chamotte, and the recipe for clay + chamotte + organic (73 %). The second place is taken by the clay + organic recipe (19 %). An unusual skill is the addition of slag to molding materials. The use of a large number of clay sources, the presence of several recipes indicate different skills in making ceramics and several groups of potters. A comparative analysis of the data obtained with the results of a technical and technological analysis of ceramics from other sites from the Narym and Tomsk Ob regions is carried out. The similarities and differences in the skills of selection of raw materials and the preparation of molding masses were revealed. Common features include the use of non-ferruginous and low-ferruginous clays, which distinguishes these collections from the sites of the Early Iron Age in the adjacent territories. Ceramics from the Narym and Tomsk Ob regions are distinguished by traditions in the use ofmineral impurities: in the Narym Ob region chamotte was added to the molding mass, in the Tomsk Ob region—crushed stone. In both regions, a clay + organics recipe was identified, possibly associated with a special group of population, which is not numerous at all the studied sites.