Olkhovets
| Cucuteni–Trypillia culture (c. 4800 to 3000 BC) |
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 Characteristic example of Cucuteni–Trypillia pottery |
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Olkhovets, in Ukraine, is the site of an ancient mega-settlement dating to 2750 B.C. belonging to the Cucuteni-Trypillian culture. The settlement was for the time very large, covering an area of 180 hectares. This proto-city are just one of 2440 Cucuteni-Trypillia settlements discovered so far in Moldova and Ukraine. 194 (8%) of these settlements had an area of more than 10 hectares between 5000 - 2700 B.C. and more than 29 settlements had an area in the range 100 - 300 - 450 Hectares.[1][2]
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References
- ↑ The ‘disappearance’ of Trypillia culture (PDF). Mykhailo Videiko Institute of Archaeology, National Academy of Sciences, Kyiv, UA. 2011. p. 374.
- ↑ VIDEIKO M. YU. TRYPILLIA CULTURE PROTO-CITIES: AFTER 40 YEARS OF INVESTIGATIONS. Mykhailo Videiko Institute of Archaeology, National Academy of Sciences, Kyiv, UA. 2011.
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