Settlement Katusvina Krivitsa 2 - a new site of Maikop culture in the North Caucasus (preliminary information)

Settlement Katusvina Krivitsa 2 is located in the north-western outskirts of the Cossack village of Natukhayevskaya (now within the territory of Novorossiysk). Field surveys of 2013 have revealed preserved cultural deposit up to 50 cm thick attributed to the EBA Maikop culture. The obtained material includes pottery fragments, some of them bearing specific burnished decoration with zigzag motifs on the vessels' neck, and also cone-shaped clay andirons These finds suggest attribution of the settlement to the Psekups variant of Maikop culture.