Tripolye typo-chronology : mega and smaller sites in the Sinyukha River Basin / Liudmyla Shatilo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shatilo, Liudmyla, author.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Scales of transformation in prehistoric and archaic societies ; 12.

Scales of transformation in prehistoric and archaic societies ; 12

Language:

English

Ukrainian

Subjects (All):

Cucuteni-Trypillia culture--Ukraine.

Cucuteni-Trypillia culture.

Ceramics--Ukraine.

Ceramics.

Antiquities.

Syni︠u︡kha River (Ukraine)--Antiquities.

Syni︠u︡kha River (Ukraine).

Kirovohradsʹka oblastʹ (Ukraine)--Antiquities.

Kirovohradsʹka oblastʹ (Ukraine).

Syni͡ukha River Watershed (Ukraine)--Antiquities.

Syni͡ukha River Watershed (Ukraine).

Ukraine.

Physical Description:

419 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), charts, maps ; 29 cm.

Other Title:

Mega and smaller sites in the Sinyukha River Basin

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Sidestone Press, [2021]

Language Note:

Text in English; includes summary in Ukranian.

Summary:

The Tripolye phenomenon, which displays a specific artefact complex and an extraordinary settlement layout, is also known for its so-called 'mega sites'. Five of the largest 'mega' or giant settlements measure between 150-320 ha in size. These, and other big settlements, are concentrated in the Sinyukha River Basin, which is a central part of modern Ukraine. In this region, more than 100 different Tripolye sites are known. The chronology of this region is the key to understanding not only the 'mega-site' phenomenon, but also the dynamics of spatial development within the Tripolye phenomenon in general. The central issue of this study focusses on the reconstruction of the Tripolye chronology in the Sinyukha Basin and its surrounding areas, including the chronology of individual mega-sites, the periodization of spatial Tripolye distribution, the development of ceramic styles, the lifetime of individual sites, and Tripolye settlements in time and space. Special attention is paid to the ceramics as one of the main sources for typo-chronologies. The obtained results provide a new view on the appearance, functions and the end of Tripolye, in general, and of large sites in particular.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Relative Chronology of Tripolye: Research History and State of the Art

1.1. Early typological models

1.2. Passek's general periodisation of Tripolye

1.2.1. Passek's contribution

1.2.2. Tripolye ABC: Passek's general chronological scale

1.3. Typo-chronological alterations to Passek's periodisation

1.3.1. Chronology and spatial diversity: Chernysh approach

1.4. From a monolithic Tripolye to a series of local-chronological groups

1.4.1. Zakharuk's framework: ethnicity and material culture

1.4.2. Tripolye: Zakharuk's model

1.4.3. The development of the method of singling out local variants

1.4.4. `Eastern' Tripolye

1.4.5. `Western' Tripolye

1.5. Conclusions

1.6. Research gaps and future tasks

2. Introduction to the mega-site region, research questions, sources

2.1. Research guestions

2.2. Definition of the study region

2.3. Geography of the study region

2.3.1. Tectonics

2.3.2. Relief

2.3.3. Hydrology

2.3.4. Soils

2.3.5. Vegetation

2.3.6. Climate

2.4. Previous relative chronology of Tripolye sites

2.5. Sources for chronological constructions

2.5.1. Sites of the region

2.5.2. Pottery

2.5.2.1. Ceramics manufacturing technology

2.5.2.2. Capacity

2.5.2.3. Morphology. Typology of vessel shapes

2.5.2.4. Decoration

2.5.3. Radiocarbon dates

2.6. Research methods

2.6.1. Pottery analysis

2.6.2. Modelling of 14C dates

2.6.3. Analysis of settlement patterns

3. Chronology on a local scale: the case of Talianki

3.1. General information

3.1.1. Discovery and excavations

3.1.2. Archaeomagnetic plans

3.1.3. Topography

3.2. Research guestions

3.3. Data base

3.3.1. The archaeomagnetic plan

3.3.2. Excavations

3.4. Models of formation and development

3.5. UC dates of Talianki

3.5.1. Calculating dating probabilities of individual house areas

3.6. Talianki pottery

3.6.1. Methodological remarks

3.6.2. Testing Ryzhov's typology

3.6.3. Ceramic typology

3.6.3.1. Typology of shapes

3.6.3.2. Classification of decoration

3.6.3.3. `Signs' - separately-standing decoration components

3.6.4. Analyses of pottery

3.6.4.1. Combination of forms of decoration at the level of individual vessel units

3.6.4.2. Combination of shapes and forms of decoration at the level of house inventories

3.7. Interpretation of UC dates and pottery analysis

3.8. Conclusions

4. Chronology on a regional scale: sites of the Sinyukha river basin

4.1. Key sites: selection and overview

4.2. UC dates

4.2.1. The selection of samples

4.2.2. The analyses of the 14C samples per site

4.2.3. Remarks on the methodology

4.2.4. The sequence of key sites

4.3. Regional analyses of pottery

4.3.1. The data base

4.3.2. Technology: Kitchenware versus other ware

4.3.2.1. Tripolye kitchenware from Sinyukha. `Western Tripolye' pots

4.3.2.2. Early and `Eastern' Tripolye kitchenware

4.3.2.3. Final Tripolye

4.3.2.4. Interpretation and consequences

4.3.3. Vessels'morphology

4.3.3.1. Testing the relative chronology by Ryzhov (1999)

4.3.3.2. Research questions

4.3.3.3. Measurements of ceramics

4.3.3.4. Morphological types of vessels

4.3.3.5. Summary

4.3.4. Capacity

4.4. Interpretation and conclusions: Tripolye development

5. Tripolye mega and smaller sites of the Sinyukha river basin

5.1. Commonly discussed narratives on the history of Tripolye sites between the Southern Bug and the Dnieper

5.2. The correlation of the sites' data set with the seven-phase development of Tripolye in the Sinyukha river basin

5.3. Exploring the threshold between small and large sites

5.4. Lifetime of individual Tripolye sites

5.4.1. Single site duration model

5.4.2. Discussion

5.4.3. Lifetime of a Tripolye site: conclusions and perspectives

5.5. Chalcolithic settlements in the Sinyukha basin: structural changes, periods of development, model of social organisation

5.5.1. Regional settlement dynamics

5.5.2. Settlement organisation

5.5.3. Pottery styles

5.5.4. `Special finds'

5.5.5. In search of a model of social organisation

5.5.6. Periodisation

5.6. Tripolye sites in time and space

5.6.1. Spatial distribution of settlements in diachronic perspective

5.6.2. Density of the sites

5.6.3. Comparison of the spatial distribution of Tripolye settlements and Ukrainian villages

5.6.4. The Sinyukha river basin throughout history

Conclusions

Peεiome

References

Appendices

Appendix 1 List of Tripolye sites in the study region

Appendix 2 List of UC dates

Appendix 3 Percentages of kitchen and table wares in key-sites of the Sinyukha River Basin

Appendix 4 Capacity and dimensions of vessels from key sites in the Sinyukha River Basin

Appendix 5 List of Tripolye house models

Appendix 6 List of Tripolye sledge models

Appendix 7 Diachronic land use history in the 20 km catchment of Maidanetske from the Palaeolithic to modern times: periods, sites and cultural classifications

Appendix 8 Typology of vessel shapes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9088909512

9789088909511

9088909520

9789088909528

OCLC:

1176508325

Publisher Number:

99988407316