Pages:  193-212 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.55086/sp252193212

The article addresses the interaction of the steppe (Mahanjar) and forest (Boborykinо) Neolithic populations at the Sulukol 1 settlement. The settlement is located in Turgai (Northern Kazakhstan). As part of the study, a technical and typological analysis of stone implements using binocular microscopy and a technical and technological analysis of a ceramic collection using petrographic analysis and binocular microscopy were carried out. The main result of the work was the conclusion that the ensemble of finds deposited at the Sulukol 1 site demonstrates common features of the stone industry and pottery techniques of the Neolithic of Turgai and the Trans-Urals. At the same time, there are a number of features that suggest some syncretic nature of the Sulukol materials, due to the interaction of the Turgai and Trans-Urals Neolithic. The nature of these interactions, most likely, has a socio-cultural aspect, expressed in the creation of mixed family and marriage groups.

Keywords: Mahandzhar culture, Neolithic Turgai, wool in ceramics, Boborykino culture, binocular microscopy, technological analysis of ceramics, Sulukol 1

Information about authors:

Andrey Logvin (Kostanay, Kazakhstan). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Kostanay Regional University named after A. Baitursynuly. Baitursynov St., 47, Kostanay, 110000, Kazakhstan
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0002-2526-9300

Irina Shevnina (Kostanay, Kazakhstan). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Kostanay Regional University named after A. Baitursynuly. Baitursynov St., 47, Kostanay, 110000, Kazakhstan
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0003-3595-6849