Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia 37 (2) 2009

Annotation:  Evolution of the Quaternary Environment in the Northwestern Altai Kostenki-4: The Position of Artifacts in Space and Time (the Analysis of the Cultural Layer) Stratigraphic Data on Middle Paleolithic Sites in the Upper Desna Basin Human-made Bedrock Holes (Mortars and Cupmarks) as a Late Natufi an Social Phenomenon Tsaram: A Burial Ground of the Hsiung-nu Elite in Transbaikalia Species Attribution of Hair of the Pazyryk Fur Coat from the Olon-Kurin-Gol-10 Burial Ground, Mongo Shaitanskoye Ozero II: New Aspects of the Uralian Bronze Age Yankovsky Economics: Animal Bones from 1st Millennium BC Settlements in Primorye, Russian Far East “Technical Decoration” of the Tripolye Ceramics On the Interpretation of Central Asian and South Siberian Rock Art Forms of Nomadism and Livestock Management of the Eastern Sayan Buryats in the Late 19th and Early Harvesting of Siberian Pine Nuts in Mountain Shoria: Traditions and Nowadays The Ethnic History of Medieval Novgorod (Based on Craniometric Data) Seliungur Teeth Revisited L.K. Gudkova.   

“Technical Decoration” of the Tripolye Ceramics

I.V. Palaguta.

The article explores the so-called “technical decoration” of Tripolye-Cucuteni ceramics (4th–3rd millennia BC) – designs originating from the decoration or surface of nonceramic receptacles or from constructive details that lost their original function. Various types of technical decoration were used at all stages of the culture. During the early and early middle periods (Tripolye A–BI), the double snake motif coexisted with patterns derived from wooden, wicker, and woven artifacts. Also, throughout the Tripolye period, handles, having lost their function, evolved into decorative patterns. “Technical

Keywords: Chalcolithic, Tripolye-Cucuteni, ceramics, “technical decoration.”