Abstract:

The article is devoted to analyse pottery technology of mochino culture hillforts and settlement Upa-2. We used materials of 4 settlements of Tula and Kaluga region. The analysis was carried out of the historical-and-cultural approach to the study of pottery traditions proposed by A. A. Bobrinsky. The main source of information was such stages of production as: selection and preparation of the initial plastic raw materials, molding pasts, surface treatment methods, firing methods. Since the starting materials are in a fairly wide chronological and territorial range, the results obtained can become the basis for comparing ceramic complexes in further studies.

Keywords: Moschino archaeological culture, Upper Oka region, Great migration period, ancient pottery, technical-and-technological approach