S.V. Batarshev, O.L. Moreva, Y.V. Kuzmin

Key words: Neolithic studies, southern Far East, culture of the stamped pottery: Rudnaya, Bajsman, Mariin, Malyshevo.
The article considers the important problem of Neolithic studies in the Primorye region of the Russian Far East, the periodization and chronology of the Rudnaya (Tetukhe) cultural complex. Analysis of all the materials from the Rudnaya culture sites (pottery, stone artifacts and dwellings) reveals a sub-division within the complex. Two chronological variants can be identified: 1) early Rudnaya stage (6700-6100 cal BC) and 2) late Sergeevka stage (6200-4600 cal BC).