Origin of one type of imprints on textile ceramics surface

The paper is dedicated to the study of the so called textile imprints ofthe D'yakovo culture. Results of reconstructing the tool used to make imprints andthe method of its use regarding one group of textile imprints are presented. These imprintsare tiny arc-shaped pits, which look like nail impressions (marks) and cover the entiresurface of the vessel. The data of the experiment demonstrate that the textile imprintswere largely made by rouletting. Fir-cones with partially removed scales were used asa rouletting tool. The scales could be deliberately removed by humans or could be eatenup by rodents Muridae and Cricetidae. The partially removed scales are identified bythe presence of a distinctive line of the scale edge, impressions of fibers, rodent teethmarks, and impressions of the scale rib. A large number of such imprints suggest thata special cultural tradition existed in the D'yakovo pottery-making