The clay objects found in the settlements of the Noua-Sabatinovka type in the Carpathian-Dniester area

In the settlements of the Noua-Sabatinovka type investigated in the Carpathian-Dniester area since 1950s to the present there have been found 255 objects made of clay. Most of these products, which were usually made of clay paste of poor quality, were toys or votive elements (balls, rings, wheels, zoomorphic and anthropomorphic figurines, flat cakes) and only two categories have been identified as working tools (spindle whorls, spoons for pouring molten metal). The vast number of votive objects indicates the developed spirituality of the communities of Noua-Sabatinovka type and the clay working tools present two of their basic crafts: metal working and weaving. This article presents the categories of clay objects, their technological process and attribution.