The oldest ceramic in European Russia is described as a bowl-shaped lamp or mixing bowl from Kapova Cave in the Shulgan-Tash Nature Reserve, dated to 14,500 BC. The Gromatukha culture (~14,000 BC) is the oldest pottery culture of the middle Amur region: conical vessels, thick walls tempered with plant fibre, some with cord marks. Round bottoms suggest cordage suspension or stands — neither documented yet 🏺
Kapova Cave bowl (14,500 BC) and Gromatukha culture push Russian pottery earlier
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Key facts
- The oldest ceramic in European Russia is described as a bowl-shaped lamp or mixing bowl found at Kapova Cave in the Shulgan-Tash Nature Reserve, dated to 14,500 BC.
- The Gromatukha culture, dated to about 14,000 BC, is described as the oldest pottery culture of the middle Amur region in the Russian Far East.
- Gromatukha vessels are conical with flat or round bottoms, have thick walls tempered with plant fibre, and some carry cord marks on their surfaces.
- Govan-style pottery continuing between 14,500 and 14,200 BC in the Amur River basin, and the Osipovka culture, are also listed in the chronology.
- Round-bottomed pots of this date imply either cordage suspension or use of stands, neither of which is yet documented in the archaeological record.
- The presenters warn that modern national labels (Russia's Far East versus China's Far West) compartmentalize groups who may have lived only tens of miles apart.
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Rock Paintings of Shulgan-Tash Cavewhc.unesco.org
Cave contains extensive Late Palaeolithic rock art. The paintings were dated using uranium-thorium dating, and are over 14,500 years old. ...
Shulgan-Tash Caveen.wikipedia.org
They were painted in the Late Paleolithic era, when Cro-Magnons lived on the planet. The lower tier of the Kapova cave hosts later images from the end of the ...
Late Palaeolithic cave art and permafrost in the Southern ...nature.com
by Y Dublyansky · 2018 · Cited by 42 — In 1959, however, cave art of Palaeolithic age was discovered in Shulgan-Tash (also known as Kapova) cave in Southern Ural, Russia, more than ...
Late Palaeolithic cave art and permafrost in the Southern ...academia.edu
Shulgan-Tash (also known as Kapova) cave located on the western slope of the Ural Mountains (Russia) is the easternmost European cave art monument of late ...
Iconography and Graphic Features at Kapova Cave ...link.springer.com
by A Ruiz-Redondo · 2020 · Cited by 22 — The paintings overlie the oldest calcite and are covered by the most recent one; thus, they were made during the 36.4–14.5 ky cal BP timespan,
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