Kachanovskaya M.G., Rakhimzhanova S. Zh.

Key words: Eneolithic, Botai culture, Northern Kazakhstan, ceramics, historical cultural approach, techno-technological research, ceramics traditions.

The article presents first results of the special techno-technological research of the Neolithic Botai culture ceramics from the excavations of the eponymous settlement Botai in the Northern Kazakhstan. The ceramics research has been done under the historical cultural approach based on the methodology of A. A. Bobrinskiy. The presence of the bearers of different ceramics traditions with the skills of choosing and preparing the basic raw material and formation of moulding ceramics masses on the territory of Botai has been documented.