The study of Krasnomost type monuments on the Middle Volga

The work is devoted to the history of the study of the Krasnomost type monuments of the final Neolithic of the forest zone of the Middle Volga. Two stages are distinguished in the study of the Krasnomost type materials. At the first stage (the second half of the 1970s – middle 1990s), the main corpus of sources on this issue was formed and the cultural and chronological position of the Krasnomost materials among the Neolithic-Eneolithic complexes of the Volga-Kama region was determined. The most controversial issue during this period was the cultural status of the Krasnomost materials. At the second stage (the end of the 1990s – the present), there is a reduction in field work on the study of Krasnomostovsky monuments, the main attention is paid to the problem of the origin of the complexes of the final Neolithic and their participation in the formation of the Middle Volga version of the Volosovo cultural and historical community. During this period, data on radiocarbon dating and the results of technical and technological analysis of ceramic dishes began to be used to solve issues related to the problem of the genesis of Krasnomostov materials. To date, as a result of the work of the research team, the origin, time of existence and further fate of the Krasnomostov complexes have been determined. The most pressing issue is the relationship with cultural formations of adjacent territories.