The Early Metal Period (the end of the 4th to the 3rd millennium BC) in the eastern Baltic region was a particular time when metallurgy and productive economy frst appeared here (Zhulnikov, 2005; Nordqvist et al, 2012) as well as diferent pottery traditions, brought also by the groups of newcomers. The purpose of the study was to characterize ceramic traditions of Early Metal Period in the eastern part of the Gulf of Finland region. Their modelling techniques seem to be among the most conservative in pottery making (Shepard, 1956: 351; Bobrinskii, 1978: 124 etc.), and are of great importance in the reconstruction of pottery traditions. Among the objectives of this study were the analysis of the origins of different modelling techniques, the reconstruction of pottery technology from this territory and the interpretation of these results in the context of the cultural and chronological position of the ceramics. Te study covered fragments from ninety vessels from thirty three archaeological sites (fig. 1).On the basis of the analysis of these fragments, we can suppose that the vessels were modelled on a fat surface. Te bodies of the vessels were made using a coiling technique (seventy one vessels) or from small separate pieces of clay (nineteen vessels). Te coiling technique could be identifed in cases where the smooth edge of a coil was clearly visible (fig. 2: 1-4). Te coils tended to be between 2,5-3 cm and 5-6 cm wide. Analysis of the fragments showed no clear variation in the ways that coils were joined. In this region, there were usually two types of coil junction: the ‘U-‘type, where coils are only joined horizontally (Gurina, 1967: 34), and the ‘N-‘ or ‘mixed' type (Kriiska, 1996: 380). Only ‘N-‘ type junctions were detected among the materials analysed, with the adjacent edges of the coils slightly rounded and thinned. According to A. Bobrinskii, we can conclude that this was caused by the coils being pressed together, deforming (and in some cases scratched - fg. 2: 11-12) them slightly (Bobrinskii, 1978: 174).Fragments from nineteen vessels also showed signs of having been made by ‘multilayering' small, separate pieces of clay (fg. 2: 5-10) on top of each other (Bobrinskii, 1978: 176; fg. 68). It might be evidenced by the fact that almost all of the fragments lacked part of the surfaces.Most of the vessels made using the coiling technique can be attributed to Late Comb Ware due to their ornamentation, produced by using a comb stamp and conical pits, their organic or asbestos tempers, cuts inside rim etc. (Augaraa,1930; Pe-sonen, 2004), and this conclusion is in agreement with the earlier results (Гури а , 1967; Kriiska, 1995). Te method of using small separate pieces of clay tended to be accompanied by the morphological and decorational features typical of the Corded Ware: an organic or chamotte temper, an S-shaped profle, and corded imprints. A similar technique was used in the manufacture of Fatyanovo Ware (Volkova, 1996: 48-56). It is interesting to note that one well-preserved ‘hybrid' Corded Ware vessel seems to have been modelled using both coils (the rim was made from a coil 2-3 cm wide) and small pieces of clay (the rest of the body). Such a combination of the two techniques can also be seen in items of Fatyanovo Ware and hybrid Corded Ware in Sweden (Volkova, 1996: 52; Larsson, 2009: 242).