New research results of pottery from the Kazakevichevo and Suchu settlements of the initial and early Neolithic in Priamurie

The article analyzes traditions and techniques of pottery production, vessel shapes and decoration, as well as pottery use by the carriers of the Osipovka and Mariinskoe Neolithic cultures in the Russian Lower Amur region. The Osipovka culture is one of the earliest in the world, and its pottery reflects the initial stage of pottery production in the human history. Pottery of the Mariinskoe culture belongs to the next stage in ancient pottery production of the Early Neolithic period in that region. Analyzing the total data on ancient pottery traditions among the carriers of both cultures, the authors conclude that these pottery objects were produced by two different cultural groups of ancient population, and emphasize high cultural homogeneity of the Mariinskoe population.