Table of Contents

Introduction (Francesco Menotti)
1. Tripolian Culture in Ukraine (Alexey G. Korvin-Piotrovskiy)
2. Absolute Chronology of Ukrainian Tripolian Settlements (Yuri Rassamakin)
3. Giant-settlements of Tripolye culture (Vladimir Kruts)
4. Relative chronology of the giant-settlement period BII-CI (Sergei N. Ryzhov)
5. Settlement system of west Tripolye culture in the Southern Bug and Dnieper interfluve: formation problems (Alexander Diachenko)
6. Tripolian pottery of the giant-settlements: characteristics and typology (Sergei N. Ryzhov)
7. The flint tools of Andreevka, the Tripolian settlement on the Bolshaya Vys River (Evgeniy Pichkur)
8. Constructions of the Tomashovskaya local group (Dmitriy Chernovol)
9. Tripolian house construction: conceptions and experiments (Alexey G. Korvin-Piotrovskiy, Vladislav Chabanyuk and Liudmilla Shatilo)
10. The post-giant-settlement period: the last phase of the Tripolian Culture in Ukraine (Vladimir Kruts)
Epilogue (Francesco Menotti)

About the Author

Francesco Menotti is professor of archaeology at IPAS, Basel University. His main research interests are wetland archaeology, prehistoric lake-dwellings of the Circum-Alpine region, trade and exchange in prehistoric Europe, and the Tripolye culture in Ukraine, with special emphasis placed upon the so-called giant-settlements or mega-sites.

Reviews

Although the underlying theories and approaches of these authors are at times different from Western models, a lot of valuable information and important new fieldwork is reported on a phenomenon that challenges our expectations, regardless of theoretical background. Collaborative projects such as this must be applauded and can only improve our joint understanding. -- Antiquity Antiquity