Earliest pottery in Eastern Europe: technology, morphology, decoration (materials from settlement Rakushechny Yar, layers 23-14)

Pottery is considered as the only marker of coming of the Neolithic for the most part of Eastern Europe. It is an important source for studying the process of neolithisation in the territory, due to its wide-scale distribution and ability to reflect cultural-historical processes. The article presents the results of complex analysis of ceramic materials from the site Rakushechny Yar (layers 23-14). A new view on the appearance of the earliest