THE LAST HUNTER-GATHERERS AND EARLY FARMERS OF THE MIDDLE SOUTHERN BUH RIVER VALLEY (CENTRAL UKRAINE) IN VIII-V MILL. BC

A new series of 19 radiocarbon dates provides new insights on the human settlement activity in central Ukraine. The paper presents data from the Early Holocene until the establishment of Trypillian mega-sites in the late Vth mill. BC. Our new dates from a long sequence of the site of Melnychna Krucha refine the chronology of the Middle and Late Mesolithic and local ceramic-bearing Buh-Dniester culture. Additional dates were obtained on bones from Linear Pottery culture sites and Trypillian sites of stages A3 and B1.

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This paper presents new insights on human settlement activity in central Ukraine through a series of 19 radiocarbon dates, refining the chronology of the Middle and Late Mesolithic, as well as the local ceramic-bearing Buh-Dniester culture. The study also obtained additional dates from bones at Linear Pottery culture sites and Trypillian sites of stages A3 and B1, providing a more comprehensive understanding of the region's archaeological history.