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{"title":"NECKLACE FROM CHORNIVKA HILL-FORT OF THE 13th CENTURY (EXCAVATION OF 1999—2020)","authors":"V. Kalinichenko, S. Pyvovarov","doi":"10.37445/adiu.2022.02.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37445/adiu.2022.02.12","url":null,"abstract":"During the archeological works on the Chornivka hillfort various ornaments which decorated the everyday and festive clothes of women having lived on the territory of the feudal castle in the first half — the mid-13th century were discovered. The material from which they are made, typology and production technology suggest that definite jewelry could belong to different social, ethnic and age groups of local people. \u0000The old Ukrainian women’s necklaces and breast adornment in addition to aesthetic function also had protective and social ones. These categories include a number of necklaces with numerous pendants. Their form and ornamentation reflected the local population worldviews, where together with Christian symbols, pagan elements were used. All of this shows the combination in these ornaments the primitive and Christian principles and the syncretism of their semantic content. \u0000One of the most numerous groups of women’s breast ornaments from the hillfort is a necklace. Most of the beads are represented by single finds but their clusters (minithesaurus) have also been recorded. \u0000During the study of the hillfort 72 whole and fragmented beads were found. They are represented by metal items such as elliptical beads decorated with filigree and grain, openwork frame beads decorated with grain, figured beads; cowrie shells; glass items — monochrome, polychrome and beads with metal foil. \u0000The beads found on the hill-fort significantly increase the information on the elements of old Ukrainian women’s costume decoration in the region and allow tracing the trade, economic, cultural and possibly military and political ties of the feudal castle in the first half — the mid-13th century.","PeriodicalId":406948,"journal":{"name":"Archaeology and Early History of Ukraine","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130873738","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"BEADS FROM THE OSTRIV BURIAL GROUND (ACCORDING TO MATERIALS EXCAVATED IN 2017—2020)","authors":"D. Diachenko","doi":"10.37445/adiu.2022.02.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37445/adiu.2022.02.10","url":null,"abstract":"The presence of elements of the necklace sets among the grave goods is one of the characteristic features of the Ostriv burial ground. They were found in 21 graves from 83 excavated in the period of 2017—2020. \u0000In 19 cases they were part of the neck ornament. The necklace was an attribute of women’s costume in 17 burials, which is slightly less than half of the total number of women’s burials. This indicates both social differentiation within the group and differences in costume composition. Mainly the necklace was found among the grave goods of girls and young women. \u0000In two cases one shell of Cypraea moneta was found in men’s burials indicating their use as buttons or talismans. \u0000In total, 546 elements of the necklace set were found in the burials. Most of the finds (51 %) represented by glass products, slightly less (45 %) by shells (Cypraea moneta is absolutely dominated), 3.8 % is non-ferrous metal products, one detected bead (0.2 %) is made of faience. \u0000The uneven distribution of elements in the necklace from one item to almost hundred is recorded. The number of beads of a certain type in the set could be large, even absolute, while others consisted of more different elements but could be inferior to the first one by total number of copies in the set. \u0000Significant predominance of beads with metal foil, blue ribbed and Cypraea moneta shells. These varieties together make up 69 % of all identified elements of the necklace set and were the most popular and available for necklace formation among these people. \u0000The marginality of other elements should indicate their secondary nature and addition to the main set if possible. However, in our opinion, in this case the situation is diametrically opposed. The most common types of elements — with metal foil and Cypraea moneta — have been obtained by the population in mass and added to existing vague sets or formed new ones.","PeriodicalId":406948,"journal":{"name":"Archaeology and Early History of Ukraine","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131749582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"NEW BURIAL OF THE SECOND HALF 10th — EARLY 11th — CENTURY NEAR ST. SOPHIA CATHEDRAL OF KYIV","authors":"T. O. Bobrovski, V. K. Kozyuba","doi":"10.37445/adiu.2022.02.19","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37445/adiu.2022.02.19","url":null,"abstract":"In 2021, as part of the «Great Restoration» state program, the cobblestones around St. Sophia’s Cathedral in Kyiv were replaced. During these works, the archaeological exploration was carried out with the participation of authors, as a result of which the ancient burial was discovered and investigated. \u0000The dimensions of the burial pit were about 3 × (1— 1.2) m. It had a depth of 1.6 m, and its bottom situated at a depth of 2.4 m from the modern surface. \u0000The remains of a rectangular wooden funeral construction were found below, assembled from boards and fastened with more than two dozen iron nails. \u0000Its overall dimensions are (2.2—2.7) × (0.6—0.64) m and a height of 0.5-0.55 m. \u0000The remains of two transverse wooden supports were recorded under the funeral construction. They had a triangular cross-section and lay edge down. Each of them was 0.7 m long and 0.15 m wide. \u0000The skeleton was lying on its back, oriented with its head on northwest. His bones, except for the skull, were preserved in a satisfactory condition. \u0000The billon jewelry such as the wire rings near the head and a ring on the little finger of the right hand, were found in the burial. The iron a knife with a wooden handle was located near the right knee. Also the two hemispherical bone buttons with carved decoration were discovered on the legs below the pelvic bones. Difference between ornaments, the technique of their execution, sizes and profiles of buttons found nearby Sophia Cathedral testifies to the fact that each of them made by various craftsmen. \u0000The buttons of a similar shape and ornament there are known from mounds in Chernihiv (Ukraine), Gniozdovo (Russia) and Nishapur (Iran). \u0000A segment of the barrow with a width of 1.25 m and a depth of 0.75 m was recorded a few meters from the burial trench. This made it possible to determine \u0000the approximate diameter of the mound above the burial like 5.5-6 m. \u0000Traces of the development of urban development of the beginning of the 11th century are recorded on the site of the mound. The next stage was in the 20s and 30s of the 11th century, when the St. Sophia Cathedral was built, one of the apses of which was covered part of the territory of the mound. At the same time, one of the apses of the cathedral was covered part of the territory of the mound. \u0000Considering the historical context of the development of the ancient Kyiv mound necropolis, the mound discovered in 2021 near the northeastern corner of St. Sophia Cathedral can be dated to the second half of the 10th — beginning of 11th century, and most likely between 970 and 1000.","PeriodicalId":406948,"journal":{"name":"Archaeology and Early History of Ukraine","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133305071","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BRICK OF THE PRINCELY AGE IN THE PAPERS OF V. А. BOGUSEVYCH","authors":"O. О. Makhota","doi":"10.37445/adiu.2022.02.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37445/adiu.2022.02.03","url":null,"abstract":"Volodymyr Bogusevych researched various monuments of archeology, art and architecture of the IX—XVII centuries. He can be attributed to the constellation of scholars who laid the necessary vectors for studying the laws of architecture of the Princely Age. The methods of architectural and archeological research developed by V. Bogusevych still helps scholars to study the monuments of stone architecture. \u0000 \u0000Bogusevych made a significant contribution to the study of one of the main structural material of the palace and temple architecture — the plinth. Having started his academic path in this direction along with the most famous experts in plinth (M. Karger, P. Rappaport and M. Kholostenko), he developed his own method of dating bricks of the Princely Age. However, V. Bogusevych did not pay proper attention to the coverage of the signs by which he dated the plinth. Judging by the works of V. Bogusevych, most likely it was its size. Also there is a tendency in his works to date the bricks by presence of marks and end marks. He collected a large collection of branded plinths from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Ostra and Putivl and has repeatedly participated in discussions about the possible purpose of the signs. \u0000 \u0000Analyzing the works of V. Bogusevych, we can conclude that he developed his terminological and conceptual apparatus in the study of plinth gradually. It was not until the 1950s that in his papers the word «plinth» appeared next to the word «brick» to denote this type of building material. This was influenced by joint work with professional architects Yu. Aseev and M. Kholostenko. After all, it is in joint work with them that the use of these terms can be traced. \u0000Of course, modern research methods have advanced significantly in the study of plinths and sometimes refute the conclusions of the scholar. But the source base of brick sizes and signs on it significantly influenced the development of modern methods of attribution of plinths and is an extremely valuable source for future generations of researchers of bricks of the Princely Age.","PeriodicalId":406948,"journal":{"name":"Archaeology and Early History of Ukraine","volume":"68 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126479387","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"АРХЕОЛОГІЧНІ ДОСЛІДЖЕННЯ НА ТЕРИТОРІЇ ПІВНІЧНОГО БАСТІОНУ СТАРОГО ЗАМКУ (ПІЛЬНА БРАМА) В КАМ’ЯНЦІ-ПОДІЛЬСЬКОМУ В 2019 році","authors":"P. O. Nechytailo, Ye. Yu. Levinzon, P. A. Boltaniuk","doi":"10.37445/adiu.2022.02.15","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37445/adiu.2022.02.15","url":null,"abstract":"У статті опубліковано результати археологічних досліджень, проведених внаслідок обвалу частини стіни Північного бастіону Старого замку в районі колишньої Пільної брами в м. Кам’янець-Подільський. Увагу зосереджено на описі стратиграфічної ситуації, конструктивних особливостей виявлених фортифікаційних об’єктів (укріплення чорноліської культури, залишки Пільної брами та підземної бойової галереї), археологічного матеріалу, представленого знахідками західнотрипільської і чорноліської культур, доби середньовіччя — раннього модерного часу XIII—XVII ст.","PeriodicalId":406948,"journal":{"name":"Archaeology and Early History of Ukraine","volume":"125 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131804299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"NEW BURIAL FROM KYTAIV BARROW CEMETERY: DISCUSSING THE OLD RUS QUASI-CHAMBERS","authors":"D. Bibikov, I. V. Zotsenko","doi":"10.37445/adiu.2022.02.18","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37445/adiu.2022.02.18","url":null,"abstract":"In 2021, on the territory of the second mound group of the Kytaiv Cemetery on the outskirts of Kyiv the authors discovered the inhumation burial in a coffin placed in a wooden funeral chamber. Burials with wooden structures made directly in the grave pit have been widespread in Northern and Eastern Europe of the Viking Age and are well known in the literature as chamber burials. Some modern researchers distinguish among the early medieval burials the category of so-called «quasi-chambers» which are similar to original chamber tombs but differ from them in certain important structural and ritual elements. In our opinion, the burial complexes, combining wooden walls and «movable» coffin, as the one under discussion, should also be included into this category. They differ from original chambers by general semantics of the rite and usually are later chronologically. In the 1910s and 1970s, similar assemblages were excavated in the first barrow group of the cemetery. \u0000According to the grave goods the newly discovered burial can be considered ordinary, and the mound over the burial chamber is one of the smallest in the mound group. Thus, at least in the territory of the Kyiv area the chambers with coffins at the late 10th and early 11th centuries became a mass phenomenon, losing the elitist character inherent in original chamber tombs. Compared to the latter the design of burial structures is also showing clear signs of simplification. \u0000The obtained results prove the expediency of classification the chambers with coffins as one of the types of Old Rus quasi-chamber burials. Further theoretical developments in this direction and new excavations should complement the reconstructed vision of religious, social and political progress of the population of Old Rus at the stage of statehood formation.","PeriodicalId":406948,"journal":{"name":"Archaeology and Early History of Ukraine","volume":"70 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114450885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"ON THE HISTORY OF FORMING OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL «MEMORY PLACES» IN KYIV IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY: THE DISCOVERY OF GOLDEN GATE AND COMPILATION OF THE FIRST BOOK ON IT","authors":"T. Ananieva","doi":"10.37445/adiu.2022.02.26","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37445/adiu.2022.02.26","url":null,"abstract":"The sample of defensive architecture of the 11th century the Kyiv Golden Gate, excavated 190 years ago, is a rare example of an archeological site that has not only survived up today but is also integrated into the social, cultural and scientific space, has added to the category of museums, and become a hallmark of Kyiv. In some publications the modern understanding and evaluation of the site is extrapolated for the entire period of its post-excavation existence. It is believed that the Golden Gate in previous centuries as well impressed its contemporaries and was the object of interest of ordinary citizens, and the government used them as a symbol of a certain political and ideological nature. \u0000Sources of the first half of the 19th century, close in time to the excavations of the Gate, allow us to significantly adjust the idea of the reception of the site in the social and cultural space of the city. They show that the authorities showed no signs of interest in using the Golden Gate to «visualize» the history and create an image of the «good past» in the mass consciousness. On the contrary, the first steps to form a «social and cultural infrastructure of memory» (I. Irvin-Zaretska) were taken by private persons. The organization and carrying out of the Golden Gate excavations, efforts to preserve them, informing the public, making «advertising» images and inscriptions, demonstration of the excavation site, and finally writing the first book — were performed by State Councilor K. Lokhvytsky and merchant (who received the nobility) M. Samoilov. For both ordinary fans of antiquities this activity was a social elevator which raised to higher status floors. \u0000The author of the first book on the Golden Gate M. Samoilov due to communicative competence was able to collect the necessary material and mastered in the merchant milieu the forms of social relations, in particular the network gift exchange. Relying on the help of Kyiv Metropolitan Eugene (Bolkhovitinov), amateur archaeologist K. Lokhvytsky and historian M. Berlinsky, M. Samoilov created a solid work, which was later used by M. Zakrevsky and positively evaluated by S. Vysotsky. \u0000Historical sources show that there was no uniformity in the perception of the Golden Gate even among the cultural elite, the site was mostly on the periphery of the attention and care of the authorities. However, persons who in the first half of the nineteenth century acted as «mnemonic characters», have laid the foundations for the interpretation of the Golden Gate as a «memory place».","PeriodicalId":406948,"journal":{"name":"Archaeology and Early History of Ukraine","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125407497","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"PALAEOLITHIC SITES NEAR THE BALAMUTIVKA VILLAGE","authors":"O. Kononenko, B. Ridush, Yana Popiuk","doi":"10.37445/adiu.2022.04.07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37445/adiu.2022.04.07","url":null,"abstract":"The paper deals with the Palaeolithic materials found on the right bank of the Dniester River, in the vicinity of the Balamutivka Village, Chernivtsi Oblast, since the 1950s. Several sites, which have been recently discovered here, are published in detail for the first time. Particular attention is paid to the finds of Palaeolithic flint artefacts from caves located near the village. \u0000Within the Balamutivka and further to the northeast, there are many Palaeolithic sites associated with Quaternary sediments of high (10—12) terraces. Because of the destruction of terraces and their slopes by landslides, the Palaeolithic flint artefacts lie on the surface there. An attribute analysis of the respective assemblages indicates a mixing of defining forms of different techno-complexes of the Middle — the end of the Upper Palaeolithic. In particular, the series includes convergent and sub-cross cores; carinated end-scraper, nosed end-scrapers; uni- and bidirectional sub-cylindrical cores, wide blades, combination tools — mostly burin + scraper; small-sized cores with one or two platforms, sub-cylindrical and narrow working surface, from which thin bladelet and microblade were knapped; microliths (including «Dufour», counter-retouch backing microliths), a Lacan-type burin (?). \u0000In the caves, the knapped flints also did not occur in situ but got there from the surface of the terraces together with the loose terrace sediments due to water erosion and landslides. The caves are not suitable for habitation by humans or large predators because of their small size and hydrogeological regime (periodic flooding). \u0000The area of Balamutivka Village is interesting and promising for further investigation of the Palaeolithic of the Middle Dniester region. The typological diversity of the finds from the studied locations evidences the presence of multilayer sites.","PeriodicalId":406948,"journal":{"name":"Archaeology and Early History of Ukraine","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122501357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"TROJAN HORSE OF THE GREEK GOLDSMITHS","authors":"Y. Polidovych","doi":"10.37445/adiu.2022.01.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37445/adiu.2022.01.05","url":null,"abstract":"The paper analyzes the images on the gold gorytos covers of the second half of the 4th century BC (fig. 1). These items were found in the Chertomlyk kurgan (now the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine), the Melitopol kurgan (now the Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine), the kurgan near the town of Ilyintssi (now Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine) and the kurgan 8 from group of Piat’ bratiev (Five Brothers) near the stanitsa Elizavetinskaya (now the Rostov Oblast, Russia). \u0000All gorytos covers are of the same size. They were made using a bronze matrix (or a set of matrices) at the same time and in the same workshop. \u0000Most modern researchers accept the interpretation of the central images on the gorytos covers as the scenes from the life of Achilles, the hero of the Greek epic, who was revered by Greeks as divine protector. K. Robert proposed this interpretation in 1891. B. V. Farmakov­sky singled out five scenes from the life of Achilles which sequentially represent the Hero from his childhood to the death (fig. 2: 1). \u0000In this paper the author identifies nine scenes (fig. 2: 2). Upper frieze: 1) a young man (possibly Apollo) teaches the boy Achilles archery; Thetis stands side by side, she worries about the fate of her son Achilles (fig. 3: 3); 2) Achilles says his mother Thetis goodbye before leaving to the island of Skyros; 3) Odysseus finds Achilles on the island of Skyros; 4) Deidamia, the wife of Achilles, runs away in despair; 5) Peleus hands over his weapon to his son Achilles. \u0000Lower frieze: 6) Briseis regrets her fate as a slave (fig. 3: 1—2); 7) Zeus establishes the events in the fates of the heroes (fig. 3: 4); 8) Achilles accepts the gifts from Agamemnon and makes peace with him, a wounded Odysseus is standing beside him; 9) Thetis carries the bag with ashes of Achilles and mourns his death (fig. 3: 5). All scenes tell about the events that preceded the manifestation of Achilles as a great warrior and hero: the beginning of warfare training, the events on the eve of the beginning of the Trojan War, the events at the walls of Troy and the quarrel with Agamemnon. Perhaps these images are associated with the magic of knowledge about the beginning, about the origin. In this case, this is knowledge about the origin of Achilles as a hero. Such magical knowledge made it possible to wield the power of the Protector Hero and direct it to the right direction like a prayer or a spell. \u0000Gorytos was the Scythian weapon. This gorytos series was made in some workshop of a Greek city-state, possibly in the Bosporus kingdom. They were donated to the Scythian rulers with a secret purpose: with the help of magical images to restrain the warlike moods of the Scythians, to pacify them. Therefore, these gorytos were like a wooden horse which, according to the Greek epic, the Achaean warriors left as the so-called gift of Troy and with its help captured this impregnable city.","PeriodicalId":406948,"journal":{"name":"Archaeology and Early History of Ukraine","volume":"92 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132052049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"SETTLING OF THE FOREST-STEPPE OF DNIEPER LEFT BANK AREA IN THE 6TH CENTURY BC: THE POPULATION EXPLOSION OR NEW MIGRATION?","authors":"D. Grechko","doi":"10.37445/adiu.2022.01.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37445/adiu.2022.01.03","url":null,"abstract":"The paper is devoted to one of the important pages of the ethnic and cultural history of the population of the forest-steppe of Dnieper Left Bank area in the Scythian Age — settling of the forest-steppe parts of the basins of Sula, Psel, Seim, Seversky Donets and Middle Don rivers. \u0000The analysis of material culture of new sites in the region allowed us to make several conclusions. Most of the handmade pottery forms and the main decorative elements of the ceramic complex of the sites of Eastern Bil’s’k type dating to the middle — second half of the 6th century BC are genetically related to the forest-steppe of Dnieper Right Bank area and to more western regions of forest-steppe. Materials from the Vorskla sites of the second half of 6th century BC are significantly differ and continue the local traditions of the previous time. The differences are clearly visible when comparing the material culture of that time of Western and Eastern fortifications of the Bil’s’k settlement. This indicates that the settlements of the Dnieper-Donets forest-steppe at this time did not reason due to the demographic explosion in the Vorskla and Psel interfluves. The set of the jewelry and a costume of the migrants of the mid-6th century BC at the forest-steppe of Dnieper Left Bank area has straight analogies among the materials of the Right Bank of the Early Scythian Age. \u0000It can be assumed that the initial migration areas could have been the Kyiv Dnieper region, the eastern and western Podolyan groups of the sites where the settlement systems and burials disappeared simultaneously. The participation of the population from Ros’ river and other regions in this process can’t be ruled out. \u0000Thus, in the development of the settlement system of the forest-steppe of Dnieper Left Bank area two main events that radically influenced the settling of the region by the sedentary population during the Scythian Age can be distinguished. First, during the Zhabotin period, on the territory of the Lower Vorskla and the Vorskla and Psel interfluve the settlements of the migrants from the forest-steppe of Dnieper Right Bank area appeared. In the Middle Scythian Age, as a result of the new movement of the tribes from the west, a ramified settlement system emerged. New migrants have created the settlements that are geographically united into several local groups: two in Sula, Vorskla and Seim basins, three in Psel and one each in Uday, Merle and Kolomak basins. It is interesting that new groups of the population bypassed in their resettlement the territories occupied at that time by migrants of the Zhabotin period.","PeriodicalId":406948,"journal":{"name":"Archaeology and Early History of Ukraine","volume":"70 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124945095","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}