Myropillya
| Cucuteni-Trypillian culture (c. 4800 to 3000 BC) |
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 Characteristic example of Cucuteni-Trypillian pottery |
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Myropillya, in Ukraine, is the site of an ancient mega-settlement dating to 4300–4000 B.C. belonging to the Cucuteni-Trypillian culture. The settlement was very large for the time, covering an area of 100–200 hectares (250–490 acres). This proto-city are just one of 2440 Cucuteni–Trypillia settlements discovered so far in Moldova and Ukraine. Some 194 (8%) of these settlements had an area of more than 10 hectares between 5000–2700 BC and more than 29 settlements had an area in the range 100–450 hectares.[1]
See also
- Cucuteni-Trypillian culture
- Danube Valley cultures
References
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