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In the Southern Trans-Urals, there are complexes of main Andronovo cultures––Alakul and Fedorovka––but their relationships, both chronological and genetic, remain the topic of almost a century-long debates. Analysis of ceramic complexes from the Mochishche settlement demonstrated that from the technological point of view of technique and the decoration typology, Alakul and Fedorovka ceramics are not related. At the same time, the Fedorovka pottery of the settlement is identical to the Fedorovka (Andronovo) pottery of more eastern areas. However, the technological analysis showed that Fedorovka potters used silty clay (18.8%), typical for the Alakul and Fedorovka pottery of Western Siberia. There are also additions of chamotte, which are typical for the Fedorovka pottery of Altai and Western Siberia. Probably, with the spread of the Fedorovka pottery tradition to the west, the Alakul potters were assimilated, and their skills were adapted. However, at the same time, Fedorovka’s techniques for applying ornamentation, decorative schemes, and forms of ware, as well as their corresponding constructing methods, were perceived. Thus, we see a very interesting effect when the spread of pottery technologies differs from the spread of forms and ornamentation. The former reflects the participation in the cultural genesis of a specific population, and the second does the inclusion of the collective in some socio-economic systems.

Late Bronze Age, Andronovo, Fedorovka, Trans-Urals, Kazakhstan, Pottery, Forms and ornamentations, Technologies