ON THE ISSUE OF IRMEN JUGS

Abstract

The article is devoted to such a category of ceramic inventory of the Irmen cultural and historical community of the south of Western Siberia as jugs. It was revealed that this type of tableware was made by the Irmen population quite rarely. A comparative analysis of the distribution of jugs in various territories showed their more frequent use by the population of the northeastern part of the Irmen world, formed on the basis of the previously existing Elovo culture here. Special attention in the conducted research is paid to the context of finding jugs within settlements and burial mounds. It was shown that vessels of this type in some cases were not broken and discarded dishes. The y were often placed several copies together and in specially designated places, obviously playing a certain role in ritual practice. The peculiarity of vessels of this type was also manifested in the specifi c ornamentation, indicating their special purpose.