Tracing the micro processes of the production and use of ceramic vessels and textile products from the Cucuteni-Trypillia settlements of Bilyi Kamin and Krynychky-Ferma (Ukraine)

Vitalii Rud; Olha Zaitseva; Weronika Skrzyniecka; Viktor Kosakivskyi; Robert Hofmann

doi:10.23858/SA/75.2023.1.3586

Published: 2023-12-12

Vol. 75 No. 1 (2023)

Tracing the micro processes of the production and use of ceramic vessels and textile products from the Cucuteni-Trypillia settlements of Bilyi Kamin and Krynychky-Ferma (Ukraine)

Vitalii Rud , Olha Zaitseva , Weronika Skrzyniecka , Viktor Kosakivskyi , Robert Hofmann

Sprawozdania Archeologiczne

Section: Field Survey and Materials

https://doi.org/10.23858/SA/75.2023.1.3586

Abstract

The article presents an analysis of a collection of ceramic fragments with textile imprints from the Cucuteni-Trypillia settlements of Bilyi Kamin and Krynychky-Ferma, which are situated in modern Ukraine. The analysis involved macroscopic and microscopic examinations as well as use-wear studies, aimed at characterizing traces that provide insights into the production and utilization of ceramic vessels and textile products. A comparison of results with published data from the Trypillia settlements located mainly to the east of the Dnister River was carried out. A preliminary characterization of the shared and distinct characteristics in the development of the economic activities during the Trypillia CI and CII stages (i.e., during 4th millennium BC), was completed.

Keywords:

Cucuteni-Trypillia, ceramics, textile impressions, microscopic analysis, use-wear, ceramic and textile production

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Rud, V., Zaitseva, O., Skrzyniecka, W., Kosakivskyi, V., & Hofmann, R. (2023). Tracing the micro processes of the production and use of ceramic vessels and textile products from the Cucuteni-Trypillia settlements of Bilyi Kamin and Krynychky-Ferma (Ukraine). Sprawozdania Archeologiczne, 75(1), 183–212. https://doi.org/10.23858/SA/75.2023.1.3586

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Vitalii Rud

rud.vitalii12@gmail.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8087-2236

Affiliation:

Institute of Archaeology, NAS of Ukraine, Ukraine

Olha Zaitseva

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8593-4010

Affiliation:

Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University, Lukianenka 13-B, 04212 Kyiv, Ukraine

Weronika Skrzyniecka

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4296-9034

Affiliation:

Faculty of Archaeology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 7, 61-614, Poznań, Poland

Viktor Kosakivskyi

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9187-5539

Affiliation:

Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University, Ostrozkoho 32, 21001 Vinnytsia, , Ukraine

Robert Hofmann

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Affiliation:

CRC 1266 «Scales of Transformation», Kiel, Germany, Institute of Pre- and Protohistoric Archaeology, Kiel University, Johanna-Mestorf-Straße 2-6, 24118 Kiel, Germany