LATE SCYTHIAN CULTURE OF THE LOWER DNIEPER: THE ISSUE OF ORIGIN

Authors

  • Aleksandr Symonenko Institute of Archaeology National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Kyiv

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14795/j.v9i3.794

Keywords:

Late Scythians, Lower Dnieper, hillfort, necropolis, Tiraspol barrows, Siraci, Maeoti

Abstract

The hypothesis of the origin of Lower Dnieper variant of the Late Scythian culture is discussed in the paper. It is assumed that the Scythian population, who has built the hillforts along the banks of the Lower Dnieper, moved there around mid-2nd century BCE from the Dniester region (the subculture of Tiraspol barrows). This date is confirmed by the materials of Late Scythian necropolis where there are no burials older than the late 2nd century BCE. The impetus for the resettlement was the military activity of the Bastarnae and Getae in the first half of the 2nd century BCE. (This paper is revised аnd updated English version of the work in Russian SYMONENKO 2016.)

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Author Biography

  • Aleksandr Symonenko, Institute of Archaeology National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Kyiv

    Institute of Archaeology
    National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Kyiv

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2022-11-16

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LATE SCYTHIAN CULTURE OF THE LOWER DNIEPER: THE ISSUE OF ORIGIN. (2022). JOURNAL OF ANCIENT HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY, 9(3). https://doi.org/10.14795/j.v9i3.794

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