Technology of vessel making of the Early Bronze Age from the Chemar 5 and Chemar 7 settlements (East Kazakhstan)

The settlements of Chemar 5 and Chemar 7 (Beskaragay district, Abay region) are located near the village of Jetijar on the right bank of the Irtysh, discovered in 2003 by the Pavlodar archaeological expedition led by V. Merts. As a result, it was discovered that at the settlement of Chemar 5 the recipe "clay + chamotte + organic solution" was often encountered (37.5%), also noted, but less frequently were the recipes "clay + organic solution" (12.5%) and "clay + broken stone temper + organic solution" (12.5%), two other recipes "clay + broken stone temper + chamotte + bone + organic solution" (25%) and "clay + broken stone temper + chamotte + organic solution" (12.5%), reflect a mixture of traditions in the field of composing molding masses. At the Chemar 7 settlement, the most common recipe was “clay + chamotte + organic solution” (55.56%), much less common were the following recipes: “clay + organics” (22.22%), “clay + broken stone temper + organic solution” (11.11%), “clay + chamotte + organics” (11.11%). This indicates the existence of different population groups at the site, who probably lived there at different times. The most common element of the ornament is the comb (45.4 at the Chemar 5 settlement and 47% at the Chemar 7 settlement), patterns and motifs are herringbone, stepping with dragging and striding with rolling. Technological and ornamental data obtained during the study of ceramics from the Chemar 5 and Chemar 7 settlements allow us to conclude that the main population is represented by the Elunin culture group, while other groups of ceramics are related to the Chemar and Odino-Krokhalev type of ceramics of the Ob-Irtysh interfluve.