Controversial Questions of the Early Neolithic Studies in the Mari Volga Region
Journal Title: Поволжская Археология - Year 2017, Vol 1, Issue 19
Abstract
The article considers some debatable questions of cultural identity, origin and correlation between the different Neolithic sites in the territory of the Mari Volga region, located at the junction of forest-steppe Volga River, Sura River and Lower Kama areas as well as the Upper Volga. The Early Neolithic of this region is characterized by presence of pottery without ornamentation and stroke ware. In the Late Neolithic, the sites with the pottery of Kama culture and of pit-comb type were spread there. The author suggests his own version of development of Neolithic cultures in this region, based on typological approaches and the results of radiocarbon dating and technological analysis of the pottery. Spread of ware without ornamentation seems to be preceding the stroke ware, and both traditions in the Mari land were under the cultural impact of the forest-steppe Volga population.
Authors and Affiliations
Aleksandr Vybornov
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP172662
- DOI https://doi.org/10.24852/pa2017.1.19.38.49
- Views 153
- Downloads 0
Change of Grave Goods in the Middle 11th–13th Centuries in the Burial Grounds in the Lower Vetluga Area
The author examines changing patterns in the decoration set and metal elements of costume traceable by materials offered by the Old Mari burial grounds in the Lower Vetluga area and the neighboring Volga area starting fr...
Polyanskoe III settlement (on the issue of exploration of the lands across the Kama River by the Imenkovo population)
The Imenkovo culture is one of the central topics in the medieval archaeology of Eastern Europe; this culture occupied a vast area from the Urals to Mordovia. Archaeologists admit that its bearers were strangers. However...
Plate-Ring Armors of Western Siberia and the Urals of the Epoch of the Great Migration of Peoples
The archaeological finds of iron armors from plates connected by rings are analyzed in the paper. These findings were made on the Obskie Plesy II necropolis in the Upper Ob-Side Region and Tarasovo Burial Ground in the M...
On the Chronology of Oriental Import into Volga Bulgaria in 10th – 11th Centuries (according to toreutics materials)
The article considers art metal items brought to the Middle Volga region from Oriental countries in early 2nd millennium A.D. These are chalices crafted with a special alloy – white bronze. The majority of them have been...
Fortification of the Archaeological Complex Near the Village of Sidorovo (middle flow of the Seversky Donets river)
The fortification of the archaeological complex near the village Sidorovo – the largest hillfort of Khazar time on this territory is analyzed in the paper. Fortification consists of two lines of ditches and ramparts, loc...