 Reconstruction of a Trypillia hut, in the Trypillia museum, Ukraine. The Cucuteni culture, better known in the countries of the former Soviet Union as Trypillian culture, is a late Neolithic archaeological culture that flourished between ca. 4500 BC and 3000 BC in the Dniester-Dnieper region of modern-day Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 198 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Reconstruction of a Trypillia culture hut. ...
Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 198 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Reconstruction of a Trypillia culture hut. ...
An array of Neolithic artifacts, including bracelets, axe heads, chisels, and polishing tools. ...
In archaeology, culture refers to either of two separate but allied concepts: An archaeological culture is a pattern of similar artefacts and features found within a specific area over a limited period of time. ...
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The Dniester (Ukrainian: , translit. ...
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Nomenclature
 Cucuteni-Trypillia culture The culture was named after Cucuteni, Iaşi county, Romania, where first objects associated with this culture were discovered in 1884 and excavations started in 1909. In 1897, similar objects were excavated in Trypillia (Трипiлля; Russian: Trepolye), Kiev Governorate, Ukraine. As a result, the culture has been known in Soviet, Russian, and Ukrainian publications as Tripolie culture or Tripolian culture. A compromise name is Cucuteni-Trypillia. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Cucuteni is a village in IaÅŸi County, Romania, having a population of 1,450. ...
County IaÅŸi County Status Municipality Mayor Gheorghe Nichita, Social Democratic Party, since 2003 Area 93. ...
Trypillia (Ukrainian: , Russian: , Tripolye) is a village in Ukraine in Kiev Oblast with 2,800 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2005). ...
Location Map of Ukraine with Kiev highlighted. ...
Extent As of 2003, about 2000 sites of Trypillian culture have been identified in Romania, Ukraine, and Moldova. Mallory reports that the "culture is attested from well over a thousand sites in the form of everything from small villages to vast settlements comprised of hundreds of dwellings surrounded by multiple ditches" (EIEC, "Tripolye Culture"). It was centered on the middle to upper Dniester River (in the present-day Republic of Moldova) with an extension in the northeast to as far as the Dnieper. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture or EIEC, edited by James P. Mallory and Douglas Q. Adams, was published in 1997 by Fitzroy Dearborn. ...
The river Dniestr (in Polish and Russian; Nistru in Romanian; Дністер, Dnister in Ukrainian; Tyras in Latin; also known as Dniester) is a river in Eastern Europe. ...
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Features The largest collection of artifacts of Cucuteni-Trypillia culture can be found at the museums of Russia, Ukraine, and Romania, including the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg and the Museum of History & Archaeology in Piatra Neamţ. The State Hermitage Museum (Russian: ) in Saint Petersburg, Russia is one of the largest, oldest, most important and famous art galleries and museums of human history and culture in the world. ...
Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and...
The History & Archaeology Museum in Piatra Neamţ, Romania was founded at the beginning of the 20th century by Constantin Matasă, minister and amateur archaeologist. ...
Piatra Neamţ (population: 105,000) is the main city of Neamţ county, Moldavia, Romania. ...
 A Trypillia culture statue, in the Trypillia museum, Ukraine. The Cucuteni culture has been called the first urban culture in Europe. The Trypillia settlements were usually located on a plateau, fortified with earthworks and ditches. The earliest villages consisted of ten to fifteen households. At their heyday, settlements expanded to include several hundred large adobe huts, sometimes with two stories. These houses were typically warmed by an oven and had round windows. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 449 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (767 × 1024 pixel, file size: 394 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) A Trypillia culture statue. ...
Image File history File links Size of this preview: 449 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (767 × 1024 pixel, file size: 394 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) A Trypillia culture statue. ...
Agriculture is attested, as well as livestock-raising, cattle mainly, but goats/sheep and swine are also evidenced. Wild game is a regular part of the faunal remains. The pottery is connected to the Linear Pottery culture. Copper was extensively imported from the Balkans. Extant figurines excavated at the Cucuteni sites are thought to represent the Mother goddess. The Linear Pottery culture or (German) Linearbandkeramik (abbr. ...
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See also Prehistoric Romania is the period in the human occupation (including early hominins) of the geographical area encompassing present-day Romania, which extended through prehistory, and ended when the first written records appeared. ...
Map of European Neolithic at the apogee of Danubian expansion, c. ...
Typical Yamna burial with the skeleton in supine position, with bent knees. ...
Map showing the Neolithic expansions from the 7th to the 5th millennium BC Europe in ca. ...
References J. P. Mallory, "Tripolye Culture", Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997. JP Mallory is the nom-de-plume of Irish-American archaeologist and Indo-Europeanist Prof. ...
The Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture or EIEC, edited by James P. Mallory and Douglas Q. Adams, was published in 1997 by Fitzroy Dearborn. ...
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