MAIASP. 2025. No. 19

I.VGubarev (Rostov-on-Don, Russia)

SSTUCCO CERAMICS OF THE SCYTHIAN TIME FROM THE EXCAVATION OF XLVII ON THE EASTERN SITE OF THE ELIZAVETOVSKOYE SETTLEMENT ON THE LOWER DON

The work is devoted to the publication of one of the most widespread categories of remnants of the material culture of the Elizavetovskoe settlement, located at the mouth of the Don River. Rescue work 2023 was carried out in the north-eastern part of the settlement for the first time in more than 150 years of its study. During the excavations, a new defensive structure was discovered for the Elizavetovsky settlement, apparently destroyed as a result of military expansion no earlier than the third quarter of the 4th century BCE, which allowed us to clearly separate the discovered stucco ceramics that existed on its territory. As a result, two groups were identified from the entire array of studied human markings: I — the upper stratigraphic layer and II — the lower stratigraphic column. In turn, the second group was divided into subgroups, depending on the location of the fragments: to the west or east of the open defensive ditch and its filling itself. As a result of the analysis, differences in technology and technique of making molded ceramics were identified between the groups. In addition, a change in the morphological features and types of vessels used on the territory of the settlement was recorded. A representative series of fragments of the upper parts of vessels decorated with riveted rollers with various ornamental plots is considered separately. All of them come from group II and are completely absent from the upper stratigraphic column. At the same time, vessels with riveted rollers were extremely sparsely distributed in the rest of the settlement.

Key words: stucco ceramics, vessel ornament, Scythian period, Lower Don, Dnieper region, Kuban region, Elizavetovskoe settlement.

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