CULTURAL PROCESSES IN THE EARLY NEOLITHIC AGE OF VOLGA-KAMA REGION ACCORDING TO THE RESEARCH DATA OF THE STONE INVENTORY OF STROKE-ORNAMENTED CERAMICS COMPLEXES
The author presents the results of the stone inventory key complexes of Volga-Kama stroke-ornamented ceramics research, pays special attention to the preservation of the Mesolithic traditions of silica processing and stone works in Early Neolithic Age indicating the continuity of Meso-Neolithic population and demonstrates that the innovations which appeared in this social production sphere in Neolithic Age are attributed to raw materials base change and the inflow of Neolithic population new groups from the south.