Neolithic Ceramics of the Posolskaya and Ust-Belaya Types
from the Vicinity of Krasnoyarsk in the Funds
of the Krasnoyarsk Regional Museum of Local History

I. V. Ulanov; N. P. Makarov; A. V. Ulanova

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Neolithic Ceramics of the Posolskaya and Ust-Belaya Types from the Vicinity of Krasnoyarsk in the Funds of the Krasnoyarsk Regional Museum of Local History

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Author(s)

I. V. Ulanov, N. P. Makarov, A. V. Ulanova

Abstract

This article presents the Neolithic ceramics of the Ust-Belaya and Posolskaya types from sites in the vicinity of Krasnoyarsk from the funds of the Krasnoyarsk Regional Museum of Local History. These materials were found at the sites of Ust-Sobakino, Bazaikha, Ladeiki, and Nyasha in the 1890s–1920s. During these years, various researchers collected exhibited material, including Neolithic ceramics, and handed it over to the museum's funds. The only excavations of the Neolithic site during this period were carried out in 1929 at Ust-Sobakino by V. Kartsov. Most of the material received was not published. 110 fragments from 29 vessels of the Ust-Belaya type and 12 fragments from 8 vessels of the Posolskaya ones were analyzed. Vessels of the Ust-Belaya type were found at all objects and have a simple closed, rarely open form. The ornament could occupy both the upper part of the vessel and cover it entirely. The rim on the outer side, or on both sides, is decorated with oblique impressions of a comb stamp, rarely smooth or other types of serrated. In the rim area there is a belt of rounded pits. The main part of the ornamental composition is represented by lines of a receding scapula or rows of impressions of comb, larval and other types of serrated stamp (rarely smooth). Posolskaya type pottery was found at Nyasha and one fragment at Bazaikha. Vessels have a closed shape with weak profiling. The ornament is localized in the upper part of the vessel and, in general, demonstrates the stability of the compositions: in all cases, horizontal motifs predominate. The rims are decorated on the outside with imprints of a comb stamp set at an angle and have a belt of round holes. Below the composition continues with horizontal drawn lines, or a receding shoulder blade with a narrow-rounded working edge. Overall, the collection of Neolithic ceramics of both types finds broad analogies in the materials of Baikal-Yenisei Siberia. The lower time limits for both types of ceramics in the region are determined by the dates from the Elenev Cave site – 6900±115 BP (SOAN-3998) for the Posolskaya type and 6475±190 BP (SOAN-2906) for the Ust-Belaya type. The upper limit is determined in the same way according to the date from Nyasha 4080±60 BP. However, for the Southern Angara and Baikal regions, dates were obtained in a narrower chronorange from 5852±34 (ОхА-22373) to 5585±20 BP (UCIAMS-207539).

About the Authors

Ulanov Ilia Viktorovich, Junior Researcher, Scientific Research Center “Baikal region”, Irkutsk State University; 1, K. Marx st., Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation, e-mail: ussr-ilya@yandex.ru

Makarov Nikolai Polikarpovich, Candidate of Sciences (History), Head of the Department of Archeology and Ethnography, Krasnoyarsk Regional Museum of Local History; 84, Dubrovinskii st., Krasnoyarsk, 660049, Russian Federation, e-mail: mnp@kkkm.ru

Ulanova Aleksandra Vladimirovna, Research laboratory assistant, Scientific Research Center “Baikal region”, Irkutsk State University; 1, K. Marx st., Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation, e-mail: verensk1987@gmail.com

For citation

Ulanov I. V., Makarov N. P., Ulanova A. V. Neolithic Ceramics of the Posolskaya and Ust-Belaya Types from the Vicinity of Krasnoyarsk in the Funds of the Krasnoyarsk Regional Museum of Local History. Bulletin of the Irkutsk State University. Geoarchaeology, Ethnology, and Anthropology Series. 2022, Vol. 41, pp. 92–103. https://doi.org/10.26516/2227-2380.2022.41.92 (in Russ.)

Keywords

Krasnoyarsk Archaeological Region, Krasnoyarsk Regional Museum of Local History, Neolithic, ancient pottery, Ust-Belaya ceramic type, Posolskaya ceramic type.

UDC

903.02(571.53)

DOI

https://doi.org/10.26516/2227-2380.2022.41.92

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