Late Zarubintsi Dwellings: State of Studies and the Problem of Source Cover Image

Жилища позднезарубинецкого времени: состояние изучения и проблема источника
Late Zarubintsi Dwellings: State of Studies and the Problem of Source

Author(s): Yuri Yu. Bashkatov
Subject(s): History, Archaeology, Ancient World
Published by: Издательский дом Stratum, Университет «Высшая антропологическая школа»
Keywords: Late Zarubintsi group; housing; blockhouse construction; carcass-pillar design; semi-dugouts; ground dwelling; Kiev culture
Summary/Abstract: The author examines the current state of studies of the Late Zarubintsi culture dwellings and main ideas about them. He also introduces some new evidence from the South Bug River area and gives a comprehensive overview of dwellings belonging to all local versions of the Late Zarubintsi group of sites. Special focus is set on constructive features of the dwellings. He concludes that the blockhouse construction of walls prevailed and had a continuation on the latest sites of the Kiev culture.

  • Page Range: 277-293
  • Page Count: 17
  • Publication Year: 2011
  • Language: Russian