Abstract
<jats:p>В настоящей работе содержится краткий анализ трудов, посвященных керамике белькачинской культуры. Основным критерием послужили методические подходы исследователей к изучению древнего гончарства, предложенные Ю.Б. Цетлиным, и отражена их поэтапная эволюция. Выделено четыре этапа становления керамического изучения в регионе, каждый из которых был тесно связан с господствующими подходами в изучении древнего гончарства. Подведены итоги изучения керамического материала и определены дальнейшие перспективы исследования с применением историко-культурного подхода как наиболее полного, детального и апробированного.</jats:p> <jats:p>This article addresses a key issue in Siberian archaeology: the study of ceramics. Our ultimate aim is to define the scope for future research on the ceramics of the Belkachi culture. To achieve this, we have analyzed published data to assess the contribution of each scholar to the study of this pottery. For this purpose, we employed the classification of methodological approaches proposed by Iu.B. Tsetlin, as it most fully reveals the comprehensiveness of research concepts. Based on this classification, we have identified four distinct stages. According to our analysis, the first two stages align with the emotional-descriptive approach to research. The third stage is a classic example of the formal-classificatory approach, where scholars sought to create typologies and classify materials based on specific formal attributes, aimed to identify general and specific patterns, and widely applied the achievements of modern science. The fourth stage, in our view, marks the emergence of the historical-cultural approach in the study of ancient pottery, evidenced by the first works incorporating methods of experimental archaeology and hypotheses about local cultural variants. Thus, the history of pottery studies in Yakutia has passed through nearly all the classic stages associated with research methodologies. However, questions concerning the identification of local cultures, their genesis, and their interaction with the wider world remain acute. Certainly, data of this kind cannot be obtained without investigating pottery within the framework of the historical-cultural approach.</jats:p>