The paper presents the Early Neolithic Elshanka culture in Povolzhye forest-steppe. Along with the presentation of pottery assemblage the radiocarbon dates are presented and analysed. The paper addresses the question of an early pottery production in the region.Članek predstavlja zgodnjeneolitsko kulturo Elshanka v gozdni stepi Povolzhye. Predstavljeni in analizirani so keramični zbiri in radiokarbonski datumi. Članek se ukvarja tudi z vprašanjem o zgodnji produkciji keramike v regiji
