Original findings from the Burla-3 settlement of the late bronze age

The article discusses the results of the study of the original findings from the Late Bronze Age settlement Burla-3, located in the northern part of the Kulunda steppe of the Altai Territory. These are the bottoms of two vessels. Their thickness is unusual exceeding the thickness of bottoms of standard vessels by 3-3.5 times. The vessels were probably of unusual size, i.e. very large. A technical and technological analysis of the ceramics was carried out according to the method of A.A. Bobrinsky in order to compare the initial raw materials and the composition of molding masses with ceramics of different cultural and chronological groups from this site. As a result, it was established that they were made following an unusual recipe: clay + chamotte + organic matter ofplant origin + animal hair. Several vessels were used for chamotte, one of which, in terms of raw materials, fully corresponds to one of the stands from the settlement. The technical and technological analysis of the remaining samples confirmed the previously recorded cultural traditions and skills in the selection of raw materials and the preparation of molding masses and revealed unusual-the addition of grit to one of the vessels made on a potter ’s wheel, as well as several cases of the use of plant organic matter in high concentrations and animal hair. For this site, both the use of chamotte and the addition of animal hair are not typical. Organics of plant origin in this concentration are also rare. The obtained results confirm that the processes of interaction between different groups of the population took place at the site. The conclusion about the existence of a pottery center specializing in the production of circular ceramics in Altai in the Late Bronze Age is substantiated.