The area covers the Kama, Vyatka and the Ik-Belaya watershed (Perm and Kirov regions, Udmurtia, Tatarstan and Bashkortostan).
Khalikov united the finds with Pitted and Combed Ware of the Lower and Middle Kama into one Volga-Kama culture.
[3] The rectangular partially sunken dwellings, ranging in size from 6×8 to 16×5m, are grouped in unfortified permanent and temporary settlements, located on the banks of lakes, floodplains and on river terraces.
[6] The instruments for work include scrapers, sharpeners, knives, leaf-shaped and semi-rhombic arrowheads, chisels and adzes, weights.
[1] The culture was formed in the early Neolithic on a local Mesolithic substrate under the influence of southern steppe populations.
[7] In the southern regions the influence of the nearby forest-steppe cultures of the Middle Volga can be observed during the whole period of existence.