Predlagaemaya kniga - pervoe monograficheskoe issledovanie po drevnemu domostroitel'stvu narodov Prikam'ya - obshirnoy oblasti k zapadu ot Ural'skoy gornoy strany. V osnove issledovaniya lezhit sistematizatsiya istochnikov, poluchennykh v khode arkheologicheskogo izucheniya poseleniy zheleznogo veka s ostatkami zhilishch. Avtorom predlozhena programma opisaniya drevnikh postroek, uchityvayushchaya fragmentarnost' ikh sledov, obnaruzhivaemykh v kul'turnykh sloyakh poseleniy s bednymi podzolistymi pochvami. Vypolnennaya sistematizatsiya pozvolila okharakterizovat' cherty mestnogo domostroitel'stva na protyazhenii pochti 2-kh tysyacheletiy, a takzhe napravlenie i faktory evolyutsii stroitel'nykh traditsiy, dinamiku izmeneniy tipov postroek, ikh svyaz' s traditsionnym zhilishchem finno-ugrov Urala. Kniga adresovana arkheologam, spetsialistam v oblasti traditsionnoy kul'tury, istorikam arkhitektury.