Some Aspects of Molding Technology of Posolskaya Pottery in the South of Central Siberia

Pottery of Posolskaya type was highlighted in the 1970s and was named by the eponymous multilayer archeological site Posolskaya (Southern Baikal region). In various embodiments, Posolskaya ceramics is widespread in the south of Eastern Siberia. Intensive research of the multilayer stratified objects in the south of Central Siberia allowed to determine its age. At this stage of research its existence in the region can be dated to a wide interval -6900-4100 years ago (Uncalibrated age), the boundaries of which require clarification. As a result of the analysis of the Posolskaya vessels from the archeological site named after Generalov (River Chuna) some aspects of the molding technique were identified. It was found that they had been constructed from wide tapes and had been stamped thoroughly. On the two vessels were found peculiar techniques that previously had been observed on the materials of the Bronze Age in Western Siberia. Each subsequent tape should overlap the previous tape dried up, the outer surface of which was stamped with a cord mallet and was treated in the same way. As a result, the negative junction mirror imprinted prints of the cords with the dried positive tape. There were two options of molding of Posolskaya type vessels: from the mouth of the mold without the use of the base and the bottom-up and with a split of the body and the bottom. The diagnosis of the technique described above is the key to the reconstruction of the molding process of vessels of Posolskaya type. For further identification of the type of the program and design one should conduct a series of additional experimental studies.