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Ancient stone tools found in western Ukraine may be the oldest known evidence of early human presence in Europe, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature. The chipped stones ...
Boundary Stones is an archaeological site in Ukraine since the late Neolithic located in Kropyvnytskyi Raion of Kirovohrad Oblast. Consists of two series of 15 pairs of parallel stone monoliths - alley menhirs. Perhaps this religious building associated with the god of the sun.
Cucuteni–Trypillia tools were made from knapped and polished stone, organic materials (bone, antler and horn), and in the later period, copper. Local Miorcani flint was the most common material for stone tools, but a number of other types are known to have been used, including chert, jasper and obsidian. Presumably these tools were hafted ...
'stone grave') is an archaeological site in the Molochna River (lit. ' milk river ' ) valley, about a mile from the village of Terpinnia, Zaporizhzhia Oblast , Ukraine. Petroglyphs of Kamyana Mohyla are dated from Upper Paleolithic (Kukrek culture) to Medieval, with Stone Age depictions subjected to most archaeological interest.
Also displayed are stone tools of the Neolithic period and a large collection of jewelry from Kyivan Rus' period. [ 2 ] The exposition “Baturyn of the Cossack era” is devoted to the Lithuanian-Polish and Cossack periods of Baturyn's history covering the 14th century to 1669.
Merheleva Ridge (Ukrainian: Мергелева гряда, also transliterated Mergeleva, literally "Marlstone Ridge", "Marl Ridge") is the site of an Eneolithic temple and burial complex consisting primarily of four large stone mounds or kurgans situated near Perevalsk, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine, about 30 km to the west-to-southwest of the city of Luhansk.
Dwelling made from mammoth bones, reconstruction Remains of housing from mammoth bones. The site now known as Mezin 22 was found in the Dnieper valley of Ukraine in 1908. At this site, archaeologists discovered a shelter constructed of mammoth bones and skin, showing the importance of the mammoth to nomadic European cultures of the early Holocene.
Numerous stone tools found in the area indicate the presence of humans as early as 100,000 years ago. In the Neolithic period (around 6,000 years ago), the first agricultural settlements appeared. During the Roman influence period (1st-4th century AD), the Amber Road, connecting northern Europe with the Roman Empire, passed through Roztocze. [2]