Анотація:
The paper gives the results of geological and petrologic investigations of rock samples from Tashlik site (Sabatinovskaja culture of the Late Bronze Age). Several issues are raised by the author: 1) the problem of origin of ferric-containing «red» ore of Krivorozhskiy type; 2) the range of use of the latter (in metallurgy and as painting device) since the Eneolithic; 3) the problems of specific terminology usage in relation to similar geological stuff; 4) the need for qualified archaeological and petrologic case-analysis.