Смольянинов Р.В., Ранний неолит Верхнего Дона

_________ Смольянинов Р.В. Ранний неолит Верхнего Дона ________ lowercase oval prick and a comb stamp; site Karamyshevo 19 no­ tably contains hybrid dishes Srednedon and Karamyshev cultures. 11 radiocarbon dates were received for this stage, which fit into the last quarter o f the VI through to the first ha lf o f the V mil­ lennium BC: Vasilievsky Cordon 5 - BP 5870+80 (4940-4530 BC) (Ki-15194); BP 5910±90 (4940-4530 BC) (K i-15625); settlement Vasilievsky Cordon 3 - BP 5868+120 (5036-4458 BC) (Spb-1638); settlement Vasilievsky Cordon 7 - BP 6010+80 (5080-4710 BC) (K i-15624); BP 5930+80 (5000-4590 BC) (Ki-15192); settlement Karamyshevo 9 - BP 5790±100 (4850-4450 BC) (Ki-12160); BP 5630+100 (4710-4325 BC) (Ki-12161); BP 5860+80 (4860-4520 BC) (Ki-15193); BP 5647±120 (4781-4318 BC) (Spb-2260), BP 5638±110 (4727-4318 BC) (Spb-2261); BP 5635+110 (4373-3960 BC) (Spb-2262). The main peculiarity o f the ceramic complex o f the Kara­ myshev culture, in comparison with other Early Neolithic materials o f the Upper Don, is the glossing o f the surface o f the dishes and the significant prevalence o f oval-shaped prick ornamentation. Ac­ cording to a number o f signs, such as the presence o f unornament­ ed pottery in the collection, the glossing o f its surface, pearl orna­ mentation, corrugation o f corollas, drilled holes, dashed lines, and the presence o f the hanging triangles motif, as well as the similari­ ty o f topographic conditions for the location o f the sites with the materials in question, the ceramics o f Karamyshev culture are closest to that o f the Elshanskaya culture. At the same time, it should be recognized that it is impossible to fully correlate these ceramics with Elshanskaya culture complexes, since there are no plain-stamped ornaments on Karamyshev ceramics, and the drawn pattern, vessel profiling, and drilled holes have been found only in isolated cases. Changes in the ornamentation o f ceramic dishes at the begin­ ning o f the second stage o f the Karamyshev culture were the result o f an influx o f people from the Sredncvolzhskaya culture into the territory we are studying. Because this ceramic complex possesses several similar features, including technological ones, I.N. Vasi­ lyeva came to the conclusion that the origin o f the pottery technol­ ogy o f Karamyshev culture was associated with the Lower Don hearth o f early pottery. This allowed her to establish a certain con­ tinuity and proximity o f the pottery traditions o f the early Neolithic Karamyshev culture with the Elshanskaya culture traditions o f the 186