Sushkivka
| Cucuteni-Trypillian culture (c. 4800 to 3000 BC) |
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 Characteristic example of Cucuteni-Trypillian pottery |
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Sushkivka, Ukraine, is the site of an ancient mega-settlement dating to 3600 - 3200 B.C. belonging to the Cucuteni-Trypillian culture. The settlement was for the time very large, covering an area of 100 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 a 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]
See also
- Cucuteni-Trypillian culture
- Danube Valley cultures
References
Coordinates: 48°41′00″N 30°20′56″E / 48.6833°N 30.3489°E
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