A Morphological Analysis of Malyshevo Middle Neolithic Pottery from the Lower Amur
A Morphological Analysis of Malyshevo Middle Neolithic Pottery from the Lower Amur
DOI: 10.17746/1563-0110.2017.45.4.056-064
I.V. Filatova
Amur State University for Humanities and Pedagogy, Kirova 17, bldg. 2, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, 681000, Russia
Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pr. Akademika Lavrentieva 17, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
We analyze the forms of clay vessels from the Malyshevo Middle Neolithic sites on the Lower Amur, and compare them with those relating to the contemporaneous Late Kondon culture of the same region and to the Boisman and Vetka cultures in Primorye, using V.F. Genning’s methodology. On the basis of the results, a reconstruction of cultural contacts in the Russian Far East during the Middle Neolithic is attempted. On ano ther level, H.A. Nordstrom’s approach helps to reveal the “standard” forms of vessels. The closest parallels are those with the Boisman ceramics, whereas the Vetka vessels are the least similar.
