Teslenko I. The 15th century ceramics of Tavrika.

This thesis is the first study where the Taurika ceramics of the 15th century were examined and their typology and detailed chronology were developed. Thesis contains characteristics of the technological, morphological and decorative features of the different Crimean pottery center's products and ceramic import in the 15th cent. It is detected that there existed two different traditions of the mass pottery production on the territory of Taurika which were located in two regions of the peninsula - South-Western and South-Eastern Crimea. Five groups of the glazed and three groups of the non-glazed pottery were defined which represent the import from the remote regions. The major directions of the pottery materials' export-import operations and their supply and circulation tendencies in the 15th cent. have been described. The usability of the pottery material for the dating of the archaeological complexes and interpretation of the cultural-historical processes on the territory of the Crimea in the 15th cent. has been examined. Key words: Tavrika, Crimea, ceramics, classification, typology, morphology, decor, the pottery production centers, import, chronology.