Petrova N.Yu.

Key words: Mesopotamia, Hassuna culture, earliest pottery, technology, ornamentation, experiment.
The article presents the results of comparative technological analysis of Hassuna culture pottery from Yarim Tepe I (6th millennium BC) from the lower and middle horizons. The article covers the technological stages of selecting the clay and the organic materials, composing the clay mass and treating the surface, and also considers certain issues related to the ornamentation and firing of the pottery.