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The Tripolye Culture giant-settlements in Ukraine - Formation, development and decline (Paperback)
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The Tripolye Culture giant-settlements in Ukraine - Formation, development and decline (Paperback)
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The crucial role that the Ukrainian 'branch' of the Tripolye
culture played in shaping the historical formation of the Ukraine,
and indeed that of Europe, is still not fully understood or
appreciated. Although we are mostly aware of its finely-crafted and
decorated pottery, along with the highly-discussed house
architecture and huge settlements (known as 'giant-settlements'),
we often fail to connect the various dots in order to understand
the different aspects of its development, from the very first
eastward migrations, to the scission into two separate local groups
(eastern and western Tripolye culture), the formation of the
so-called giant-settlements, and finally to its inexorable decline
after more than 2000 years of prosperous existence. This book
attempts to bring together in English a variety of research
traditions of Eastern and Western Europe, traditionally published
in various languages and not readily accessible to all scholars, in
the examination of the Ukrainian archaeological record. The volume
has been organised so as to give the reader a clear image of the
Tripolye culture in the Ukraine, with a special emphasis placed
upon the development of the so-called 'giant-settlements'. Chapters
discuss the geographical and chronological context, highlighting
the different facets of the culture that resulted in the formation
of the giant-settlements; relative and absolute chronology of the
many sub-groups identified; migration; aspects of material culture
(pottery and clay figurines, flint artefacts); architecture
(settlement layout, house typology and standardised internal
structures); experimental work on the construction and destruction
of houses and controversial use of fire; and the ultimate
disappearance of this accomplished and very long-lived cultural
group.
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