Ceramics of the early-middle Neolithic of Vodla V settlement in east Karelia

The purpose of this study is to consider the contacts between the carriers of Sperrings ceramics, pit-comb ceramics and Kargopol type ceramics on the example of materials from the early – Middle Neolithic settlement of Vodla V. Sperrings ceramics dates back to the beginning of the IV millennium BC, as indicated by ornamentation, as well as traces of the influence of Karelian pit-comb ceramics and Kargopol ware. The complex of pit-comb ceramics can be attributed to the early phase of culture, however, based on new AMS definitions, the time of its existence can be dated to a later time – the second quarter – the middle of the IV millennium BC. The presence of vessels in the complex of Karelian pit-comb ceramics with traces of the influence of the Kargopol ornamental tradition on it also indicates the penetration of the territory of Eastern Karelia in the Neolithic of alien groups of the population with Kargopol type dishes, which is an independent type of ceramics based on its large number and presence in twenty settlements of Vodlozero Lake. In general, questions remain open about the territorial boundaries of the distribution of Karelian pit-comb ceramics and Kargopol ware, their interactions and chronological frameworks, which require processing and research of a huge block of ceramic materials of Eastern Karelia and the Southeastern Prionezhye.