A Study of Bronze Age Ceramics from the Forest Zone of Eastern Europe: What Does the Term “Fatyanovolike” Mean?
A Study of Bronze Age Ceramics from the Forest Zone of Eastern Europe: What Does the Term “Fatyanovo-like” Mean?
DOI: 10.17746/1563-0110.2018.46.2.052-059
E.V. Volkova
Institute of Archaeology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Dm. Ulyanova 19, Moscow, 117036, Russia
The Bronze Age ceramics from the forest zone of Eastern Europe include a category that is often described as “Fatyanovo-like”. These reveal a blend of predominantly Fatyanovo and other features. A morphological and technological analysis of 129 vessels from Nikolo-Perevoz I (a settlement with a collective burial) and II has revealed four groups––one Fatyanovo proper and three evidencing a mixture of Fatyanovo with local traditions of various origins. The Fatyanovo-Volosovo group appears to have been a result of local mixture, whereas that from the burial is close to the Fatyanovo-Osh-Pando tradition, which had been introduced from without. These findings are relevant to the relationships between the Fatyanovo, Volosovo, and Osh-Pando people. They also demonstrate that the umbrella term “Fatyanovo-like” is meaningless.
