New results of research of mohe culture in Primorye

Period of the early Middle Ages in Primorye is associated with a wide spread of sites of mohe archaeological culture. With the formation of Bohai State in 698, the mohe culture is undergoing significant changes, but some features are preserved continuity in the Bohai culture.Systematic of the ceramic material, its classification and a comprehensive analysis allowed to identify four locally-chronological groups of mohe sites in the V-VII c. in Primorye: khankaiskaya group, pribrezhnaya group, rakovskaya group, kavalerovskaya group. Differences between the ceramic complexes of different groups are shown in the predominance of certain types of forms of vessels, the degree of ornamentation, preferring certain types of ornament and to a lesser extent, in the technology of the vessels. These features allow to distinguish groups of mohe sites in space and time. Selected locally-chronological groups of mohe sites reflect the pattern of settlement a number of mohe tribes. Investigation of mohe sites in 20082010 were able to significantly add to our knowledge economy and house building of mohe tribes. For the first time the reliable paleobotanical data on agriculture of mohe's people was got. There were three types of mohe's pit-dwellings: dwellings with four supporting pillars, houses with the four main pillars in the center and optional on the corners, buildings with pillars, located along one of the sides of the pit. Paleobotanical investigation on mohe sites have identified grains of crops: Italian millet, and hull-less barley, and some wild plants. On the sites of the State of Bohai (698-926) mohe ceramics is an essential part of the ceramic complexes. To date, we can tentatively identify three tradition of production of mohe ceramics in the Bohai sites. The first tradition is represented by pottery of suyfunskaya group (Early Bohai period). The second group comprises gorbatkinskaya group, sites are related to the late period of Bohai. The third tradition is represented by ceramics Maryanovsky wallancient town. The presence of these traditions can suggest the existence of different processes occurring in the State of Bohai. In the first place, such as assimilation and displacement of mohe population, the appearance of new groups, that carries new tradition of making pottery. The sites of the northern group and the burial Monastyrka-3 are located in areas that were not part of the Bohai State. The population, which left these sites, of course, interacted with a population of Bohai State,had with political and economic ties, which is also reflected in the material culture.

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