Late Neolithic and Middle Bronze Age barrows in Bukivna, Western Ukraine as a source to understand soil evolution and its environmental significance

Hildebrandt‐Radke, Iwona; Makarowicz, Przemysław; Matviishyna, Zhanna; Parkhomenko, Aleksandr; Lysenko, Sergiy D.; Kochkin, Igor T.

doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.101972

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“…Based on the acquired profiles, it appears the mounds were built from loess sediments mixed with a highly organic material, such as turf. A similar construction type was recognized in monuments excavated from other Komar ow culture sites, such as Bukivna (Hildebrandt-Radke et al, 2019). Such lithology suggests that the builders of the barrows obtained construction materials from local sediments in the immediate vicinity of the cemeteries.…”

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“…The two sites selected for this research belong to the most representative Komar ow culture cemeteries in the Upper Dniester Basin. Both underwent excavations before the Second World War (Bryk, 1932;Pasternak, 1937;Rogozi nska, 1959;Siwk owna, 1937;Sulimirski, 1968) and were also the subject of modern non-invasive surveys, excavations and other analytical procedures (e.g., Hildebrandt-Radke et al, 2019;Makarowicz et al, 2017Makarowicz et al, , 2018Makarowicz et al, , 2016aMakarowicz et al, , 2016bMakarowicz et al, , 2016cMakarowicz et al, , 2021Makarowicz et al, , 2019. Double barrows were documented on both cemeteries.…”

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“…The latter are usually oriented accordingly to the structural axes of the loess hills (Makarowicz et al, 2019). One of the groups (I) was recently subject to an intensive archaeological research (Hildebrandt-Radke et al, 2019;Makarowicz et al, 2016aMakarowicz et al, , 2018Makarowicz et al, , 2019. The study composed of field-walking surveys and geophysical prospection of all the groups, followed by the excavations of six monuments (BUK001, BUK002, BUK003, BUK006, BUK007 and BUK101), as well as lithological and geochemical study of the barrow formation processes and extensive drilling to recognize the sedimentary environments in the area.…”

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“…The Middle Bronze Age (1800–1500 BC) mounds, which presently measure between 15 and 25 m in diameter and from 0.2 to 4 m in height, were erected upon a variety of complex funerary architecture (Hildebrandt‐Radke et al, 2019; Makarowicz et al, 2016a). These architectural structures, constructed from stone, wood or clay, often combined, were essential constituents of graves and therefore crucial for the rites of passage.…”

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“…The dispersed traces of burning are generally detectable in the lower profiles of the mounds as well as on the ancient ground surface. The following mound construction relied on the use of turf bricks collected from the nearest vicinity of the barrow (Borisov et al, 2019;Hildebrandt-Radke et al, 2019). Among the monumental funerary structures of the Middle Bronze Age Komar ow culture, a rare category of features can be distinguished, which we specify as double barrows.…”

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Middle Bronze Age cemeteries, ‘double barrows’ and mortuary houses in the Upper Dniester Basin, Western Ukraine: Geophysical prospection and archaeological verification

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This article discusses two cases of so-called double barrows from the Middle Bronze Age Komar ow culture cemetery in Bukivna, in the Upper Dniester Basin (Ukraine), in order to demonstrate the potential of incorporating geophysical image analysis, excavations and sedimentological studies towards identifying subterranean funerary architecture. The magnetometer prospection of the Bukivna necropolis revealed the presence of a specific dipolar anomaly within the extent of a double barrow. The excavations uncovered burnt wooden-clay constructions related to mortuary houses.The sedimentological samples collected from the features below the mound provided data for the increased ferrous content. Another double barrow located in the Pidhoroddia cemetery was prospected by means of magnetometry, which did not reveal any similar anomaly within the magnetometry plan, thus providing evidence for a possible lack of discussed mortuary structure.

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Middle Bronze Age cemeteries, ‘double barrows’ and mortuary houses in the Upper Dniester Basin, Western Ukraine: Geophysical prospection and archaeological verification

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SURVEY, DRILL AND EXCAVATE. Complex geoarchaeological prospection of Bronze Age mounds as a key for understanding undermound architecture. A case study from Myluvannia, Western Ukraine

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In the area of Western Ukraine, some aspects of mound (barrow) chronology might be resolved by using non-or minimally invasive archaeological prospection. As the cemeteries usually comprise two temporal units-the Late Neolithic Corded Ware Culture (third millennium BC) and Middle Bronze Age Komar ow culture (second millennium BC)-by referring to particular funerary rites Komar ow culture and their magnetic reflection, they can be distinguished by means of magnetometry survey supported with verification drilling. Recognition of the internal structure of the cemeteries is essential when confronted with their vast occurrence in Western Ukraine and also the morphological similarity of mounds. However, due to the great diversity in known grave architecture of the Komar ow culture, it is essential to stress that the methodological approach presented here applies only to the specific construction type of burnt wooden and clay structures, which rarely appear in Corded Ware Culture funerary practices. In addition to excavation, the applied methods provided preliminary information on the cultural affiliation and time of the construction of two mounds in Myluvannia in the pre-excavation stage of research.

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Late Neolithic and Middle Bronze Age barrows in Bukivna, Western Ukraine as a source to understand soil evolution and its environmental significance

Cited by 11 publications

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Middle Bronze Age cemeteries, ‘double barrows’ and mortuary houses in the Upper Dniester Basin, Western Ukraine: Geophysical prospection and archaeological verification

Middle Bronze Age cemeteries, ‘double barrows’ and mortuary houses in the Upper Dniester Basin, Western Ukraine: Geophysical prospection and archaeological verification

SURVEY, DRILL AND EXCAVATE. Complex geoarchaeological prospection of Bronze Age mounds as a key for understanding undermound architecture. A case study from Myluvannia, Western Ukraine

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