Abstract
The article is devoted to technical and technological analysis of pottery of the Late Bronze settlement Zharkovo-3, made by the method of A. Bobrinsky. Based on the research of paste of ceramic vessels, it has been found that the pottery tradition is represented by several groups associated with population of different origin. The basis is the autochthonous technology to use grog as additives, however, there are other cultural techniques to use grit. The methods of designing vessels revealed that the technological diagram of Sargarinsko-Alekseevskaia culture appears to be dominant. Correlation of the data obtained with ornamental ceramic complex scheme allowed delineating several technological groups: “Sargarinsko-Alekseevskaia”, “Dongal”, “Irmen”, “throwing” and hybrid types in between. Apparently, during the Late Bronze Age of Steppe Altai, ceramics manufacturing technology was based on the addition of grog, however it always experienced the impact associated with the arrival of people from the western region, who used grit as an additive. The process is based on the interaction of the two production models: Iermenskaya and Sargarinsko-Alekseevskaya-dongalskaya models