TO THE QUESTION OF PARTICIPATION OF THE LOCAL ENEOLITHIC POPULATION OF NORTHERN KULUNDA IN THE FORMATION OF THE EARLY BRONZE AGE CULTURES OF BARNAUL-BIYSK OB’ RIVER REGION

Abstract

The participation of the local Eneolithic population in the process of formation of the Elunino culture had already been reflected in the scientific literature. The available materials suggest that the Eneolithic population of North Kulunda participated in the formation of the Early Bronze Age cultures of the Altai and adjacent territories. This is clearly visible when comparing the materials of «Utkul» group sites of the Early Bronze Age on the right bank of the BarnaulBiysk Ob’ River Region and the Eneolithic settlements in North Kulunda: Novoilinka-III and Novoilinka-VI.
In the settlements of the Eneolithic in North Kulunda only ceramics with a round or sharp bottom was found. At the Early Bronze Age settlements of Barnaul-Biysk Ob’ River Region, all ceramics is flat-bottomed. The technique of ornamentation in Early Bronze Age and Eneolithic ceramics differ. The prevailing ornamentation for the Eneolithic ceramics is the retreating stick with picking elements. The Early Bronze Age ceramics is ornamented with serrated-stamp prints. The prints of this stamp applied retreat and pacing.
Thus, similarities can be traced in the scheme of ornamental ceramics of the Eneolithic settlement in North Kulunda and Early Bronze Age sites of Barnaul-Biysk Ob River Region.