The «dotted-comb» ceramic type and its place in Cis-ol'khon Neolithic (based on the multilayered habitation site Sagan-Zaba II)

This article is devoted to the analyses of the dotted-comb ceramic found for the first time within well-stratified context in Cis-Baikal. This material was received during the excavation of the multilayered habitation site Sagan-Zaba II located on the shore of Lake Baikal. This paper is mainly focused on the technological, morphological, and stylistic characteristics of this ceramic type. We distinguish main featuring patterns for «dotted-comb» ceramic and other accompanying pottery fragments. This is following by the correlation of analyzed pottery with other Neolithic materials found in the stratified habitation sites and graves of Serovo culture of Cis-Ol`khon. Based on the well-defined stratigraphic position and series of radiocarbon dates, it seems that «dotted-comb» ceramic is associated with final period of the Middle Neolithic in Cis-Baikal (4 900 (5 000)-4 400 (4 300) B. P.).