Preliminary results of studying raw materials and pottery molding material from the Malaya Korennaya-1 and -2 sites (Taimyr peninsula)

The article provides the results of studying ceramics from Malaya Korennaya-1 and -2 sites (Taimyr Peninsula) within the historical and cultural approach according to the method of A.A. Bobrinsky. The main task was to identify the specifics of the raw materials and the composition ofpottery molding materials from these two sites. Samples from 34 vessels were studied. The conclusion based on the research results is preliminary since the samples are very small and most of them are impregnated with special solutions. However, the results obtained are of considerable interest. It was found that low- and medium-ductile ferruginous raw materials were used at both sites. However, vessels with molding materials without artificially introduced mineral impurities are prevailed at the Malaya Korennaya-1 site and vessels with the addition of chamotte became widespread at the Malaya Korennaya-2 site. An earlier group of vessels associated with a new population in the territory was identified by a number of features. Organic matter is more diverse at the Malaya Korennaya-2 site: organic solutions, wool or animal hair were added. The obtained information on natural impurities in the feedstock is of particular importance for expanding the database. In particular, in the studied collections of ceramics from the territory of Altai, Kazakhstan, the Tomsk and Narym Ob regions, such fine-grained granites were not recorded either as artificially introduced or as natural impurities. Perhaps this is a local specificity of ceramics from the Taimyr Peninsula, possibly a consequence of insufficient study of ceramics as a whole. Further studies of ceramics from the territory of the Taimyr Peninsula seem to be very promising.