Results of the Study of the Late Neolithic Taskuduk Campsite in 2024

Authors

  • Natalia S. Doga Samara State University of Social Sciences and Education, Maksima Gor'kogo St., 65, Samara, 443099, Russian Federation
  • Aleksandr A. Vybornov Samara State University of Social Sciences and Education. Maxim Gorky St. 65/67, 443099, Samara, Russian Federation
  • Ekaterina V. Parkhomchuk Institute of Archaeology & Ethnography Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch.  Akademika Lavrentieva ave. 17, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation; Novosibirsk State University - Novosibirsk Scientific Center. Pirogov, str. 1, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation
  • Marianna A. Kulkova Herzen State Pedagogical University, nab. Moyki, 48/12, St. Petersburg, 191186, Russian Federation
  • Anatoly V. Somov Samara State University of Social Sciences and Education, Maksima Gor'kogo St., 65, Samara, 443099, Russian Federation

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24852/2587-6112.2025.4.46.57

Keywords:

archaeology, Northern Caspian region, Neolithic, cultural layer, ceramics, stone inventory, trapeze, pendant, chronology, Tenteksor type

Abstract

This paper deals with the results of the study of the Taskuduk site in the Northern Caspian region. They are scientifically significant for the understanding of both ceramic traditions and the stone industry of the late Neolithic stage in the studied area. The issue of the formation of the Early Eneolithic in this region is also highly relevant. The obtained results provide new, high-quality information for addressing this issue. The 2024 excavations revealed the remains of a dwelling structure. This is important for substantiating the homogeneity of the materials from the campsite. From the ceramic collection, vessels previously unrecorded in the region were identified. These were crafted using a technology analogous to that of the Tenteksor type pottery: from silt with the addition of organic temper. The vessels are flat-bottomed, with straight upper sections (less commonly truncated). Internal rim ridges are rare. Ornamentation was applied using a puncture-incising technique, including complex compositions that represent prototypes of patterns found in the Caspian culture. Within the stone inventory, the large quantity of geometric microliths was a distinctive feature. A unique bone pendant featuring an animal motif with a complex design was found. Archaeozoological findings indicate dominance of aurochs and saiga. Scientific novelty is further supported by radiocarbon dates, including AMS dating of onager teeth.

Author Biographies

Natalia S. Doga , Samara State University of Social Sciences and Education, Maksima Gor'kogo St., 65, Samara, 443099, Russian Federation

Candidate of Historical Sciences

Aleksandr A. Vybornov, Samara State University of Social Sciences and Education. Maxim Gorky St. 65/67, 443099, Samara, Russian Federation

Doctor of Historical Sciences

Ekaterina V. Parkhomchuk , Institute of Archaeology & Ethnography Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch.  Akademika Lavrentieva ave. 17, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation; Novosibirsk State University - Novosibirsk Scientific Center. Pirogov, str. 1, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation

Candidate of Chemical Sciences, Laboratory of isotope research «AIsotope» Core Facilities Center “Cenozoic Geochronology”; Head of the radiocarbon laboratory "AMS Golden Valley"

Marianna A. Kulkova , Herzen State Pedagogical University, nab. Moyki, 48/12, St. Petersburg, 191186, Russian Federation

Doctor of Geological-Geochemical Sciences

Anatoly V. Somov , Samara State University of Social Sciences and Education, Maksima Gor'kogo St., 65, Samara, 443099, Russian Federation

Senior lecturer

 

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2025-08-30

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Doga , N. S., Vybornov, A. A., Parkhomchuk , E. V., Kulkova , M. A., & Somov , A. V. (2025). Results of the Study of the Late Neolithic Taskuduk Campsite in 2024. Arkheologiia Evraziiskikh Stepei (Archaeology of the Eurasian Steppes), (4), 46–57. https://doi.org/10.24852/2587-6112.2025.4.46.57

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