Humanities & Social Sciences 4 (2015 8) 649-657 ~ ~ ~ УДК 902:738(571.5) Specifi cs of Making Ceramic Vessels of the Shepilevsky Culture (Based on the Materials of the Zaostrovka-2 Settlement) Yuliya A. Titova* Siberian Federal University 79 Svobodny, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russia Received 03.02.2015, received in revised form 11.03.2015, accepted 02.04.2015 The article presents the results of the study of the pottery making techniques of the Shepilevsky culture in the Late Bronze Age based on the materials of the Zaostrovka-2 settlement. <...> The basis of the study of the ceramic technology is a historical-cultural approach and methodology of A.A. Bobrinsky. <...> The study of all stages of the ceramic production showed predominance of mixed skills that refl ect the complex interaction of ancient people in Central Siberia, where there was a formation of the Shepilevsky archaeological culture. <...> Keywords: archaeology, ceramics, Central Siberia, Late Bronze Age, Shepilevsky culture, pottery technology, historical-cultural approach, raw material, moulding compounds, designing, shaping, surface treatment, fi ring. <...> This is primarily due to the fact that ceramics is the most popular archaeological material and it provides ample opportunities for cultural interpretation. <...> In the 60’s of the 20th century the ceramic production technology becomes a subject of a separate study in the works of A.A. Bobrinsky. <...> He revealed a historicalcultural approach, in which the production of ceramics is seen as a system of sustained and interconnected skills and methods of work that represent a specifi c sequence of operations. <...> All rights reserved * Corresponding author E-mail address: abdulia@mail.ru # 649 # sustained (substrate) work skills can produce historical-cultural reconstruction based on the study of the ancient pottery technology (Bobrinsky, 1978, 1999). <...> The main focus of the article is to study the ancient technology of pottery making performed by carriers of the Shepilevsky cultural tradition based on the Zaostrovka-2 settlement, which will trace the formation of ceramic production of the autochthonous inhabitants in Siberia and identify its main directions. <...> Specifi cs of Making Ceramic Vessels of the Shepilevsky Culture (Based on the Materials… 1) study of traces of the potter’s work by fresh fractures using the MBS-10 microscope; 2) study of traces of the potter’s work observed on surfaces of vessel; 3) comparing with the reference <...>