Ancient pottery of the late bronze period in western Siberia and Kazakhstan

• Dubyagina Y. Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (Almaty, Kazakhstan)

Abstract

The article discusses the characteristics of ancient ceramics of
the Late Bronze period in the territory of Western Siberia and
Kazakhstan. The research methodology includes both traditional for
archeology methods of studying sources, and methods borrowed from
the arsenal of natural and exact sciences. As a result, the comparative
characteristics of Western Siberia and Kazakhstan in the late Bronze
period clearly show cultural and historical differences in the formation
of these communities. In conclusion, fragments of ceramics with the
inclusion of small pieces of ore and slag were found.