Древняя керамика как источник историко-культурных и природных реконструкций

Abstract

The article focuses on the ceramics as a source of clarifying the following issues: 1) reconstruction of the natural conditions of the specific group of the ancient population; 2) cultural traditions as a form of human adaptation to the environment. The remains and imprints of vegetation, the shells of river clams, scales and bones of fishes in molding compositions may be considered as a source of information about ancient flora and fauna. Microbiomorph analysis is a promising method that focuses on the study of silicic forms (phytoliths, shells of diatoms, spicules of sponge) in the cultural layers, and mudbricks. Spicules and gemmules of sponge were detected in molding composition of the Bronze Age vessel, firing procedures. It suggests new possibilities in phytoliths research in ancient ceramics in the future. Using technological analysis of ceramics, developed by A. A. Bobrinsky in the framework of the historic-cultural approach, we identify cultural traditions in pottery production of the populations from different archaeological cultures in the Bronze Age in the Tobol region. According to these data, it is most likely that groups of the populations of the Alakulskaya, Fedorovskaya and Cherkaskulskaya cultures migrated to this region in different times. As a result of adaptation to new environmental surrounding, some traditions of the pottery production gradually disappeared.

Доклады конференции посвящены методикам междисциплинарного исследования, раскрывающим процессы взаимодействия человека, природы и общества на территории Евразии.