Early neolithic clay disks in Central Russia
The article discusses clay disks found at the sites of Central Russia Yazykovo I, Varos I, Ivanovskoye VII, Shcherbinino I, Sakhtysh II, IIA and VIII. Discs are the first stage of development of the early Neolithic Upper Volga culture (the first half of the V millennium BC). On the basis of the disks shape and ornamentation they are interpreted as the image of the Sun.