Dmytro Stupak

• PhD
• Researcher at Institute of Archaeology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

The bone fragment decorated with two columns of parallel strokes was found on the surface of the Telyachyi island. Its located on the Desna river, 400 meters above the bridge on the E95 highway (fig. 1). This bone fragment was found by O. V. Shekun, in the early 80s in the 20th century (fig. 4–6). Anatomically, this artifact is a dorsal side of the...

In the article the materials of the Novhorod-Siverskyi site research both in the 1930's, and relatively recently, are analyzed. First of all, attention is paid to the faunal collection. The faunal associations from old excavations are coherent, typical of a cold steppe environment from the glacial period, near a riparian forest. However, it seems t...

Animal bones were discovered in Scientific founds in National Kyiv-Pechersk Reserve. There are 17 pieces. We present here their identification and the description of taphonomic observations. These bones belong to Mammuthus primigenius, Ursus sp. and Cervus sp. They come from various sites from Ukraine. Probably, this collection was formed in the Na...

Late Paleolithic, small mammals, paleoecology, SDQ, Ukraine

We present here a synthesis about activities of Palaeolithic human populations from the North Ukraine during the first part of the Upper Pleniglacial (around 26000—20000 BP), particularly linked to mammals.

The first part of the Upper Pleniglacial (around 26000—20000 BP) is characterized by a deterioration in weather conditions, which reached its peak during the Last Glacial Maximum. In the East European Plain, most of its lands were dominated by a periglacial steppe-tundra with the maximum extension of ice sheet in the North and permafrost. The diffe...

The Upper Paleolithic site Barmaky, 2nd cultural layer from Volyhnia-Lublin upland is the most western manifestation of Epigravettian of the Mid Dnieper basin. During several field campaigns the 147 m2 of cultural deposits with three pits and one chalk / marl concentration were studied (fig. 1). The silty-loess deposits of Barmaky, 2 accumulated ab...

The late Pleniglacial was characterized by different palaeoenvironmental and geographical modifications, which affected the diverse living beings that had to adapt to those peculiar conditions. This paper intends to explore how this phenomenon may have impacted the practices of the nomadic human populations who occupied the East European Plain duri...

The sites of Myrohoshcha I, Hriadky, Zhorniv, and Chervonyi Kamin are located in the central part of the Volhynian loess Plateau in north-western Ukraine. The assemblages, known from excavations and surface collections, exhibit a number of characteristics, which are traditionally seen to be indicative of different periods. Therefore, these assembla...

The cultural subdivision of the Mid Dnieper Epigravettian is based on the typological peculiarities of stone insets of projectile weapons from 22 stratified assemblages. The Mezhyrich, Mizyn, Yudinovo and Ovruch industries, as well as the number of assemblage’s types were defined (Nuzhnyi 2008). The insets of Mezhyrich industry are represented by l...

In the paper flint finds from Severynivka hillfort are analysed. They represent several chronological periods. The main part of the collection belongs to the Upper Palaeolithic. Separate tools by their characteristics refer to the Neolithic—Late Bronze period. A small group consists of items that cannot be clearly associated with a particular chron...

The features of use the stone raw materials in the Middle Desna region The Middle Desna territory is one of the richest in the Paleolithic sites regions of Europe. In many respects the high-quality flint resources supply promotes this situation. In consequence of this peculiarity other types of stone raw materials are observed as few as possible in...

The territory of the Desna River middle region was very inviting for the development by ancient men. First of all, such attractiveness of the region was caused by its provision with faunal and various natural resources, including tusks. In 2010, a new Upper Palaeolithic site Obolonnya was discovered. It is located directly in the centre of Obolonny...

The Upper Pleniglacial, between 23 000-20 000 BP, is characterized by the intensification of cold climate and is followed by the maximum extent of ice sheets. There is a little bit information about the human activities during this period. New archaeological excavations in Ukraine permit to evidence data about behavioural human adaptations. These o...

This text presents the analysis of flint artefacts from investigated by V. Khvoiko Kyrylivska Upper Palaeolithic location, which are deposited in funds of different museums. By this research provides cultural-chronological and functional interpretation of the site. Keywords: Eastern Europe, Middle Dnipro region, Upper Palaeolithic, Kyrylivska site,...

In 2003, a new Epigravettian site, Buzhanka 2, was discovered in the Middle Desna region. Typologically, the tool complex of the Upper layer is close to the Mezhyrich type complex. Thus, Buzhanka 2 is the northernmost site with this type of industry. It is the only site, in the Middle Desna basin and also in the whole basin of the Middle Dnieper, w...

In the Central Ukraine area of the Middle Dnipro Basin, including the Desna river valley, there are exceptional Upper Palaeolithic open air sites with mammoth bone dwelling structures. Mezhyrich is one of these settlements, which are attributed to the Epigravettian cultural facies and occurred in a periglacial environment, during Oxygen Isotope Sta...

Upper Palaeolithic site of Semenovka 3 and particularities of the spring-summer settlements of Mezhyrich Culture. Archaeological Almanakh, 9, 123-136. Preliminary data from the new Semenivka III Upper Paleolithic site (near Kiev city) are discussed with respect to the problem of details of warm season adaptation and settlement patterns of Epigravet...

Комплекси без стаціонарних жител і конструкцій, серед яких слід відмітити такі як Семенівка 2 та 3, Фастів, Бугорок, із розмаїттям типологічного складу знарядь праці, існували переважно протягом теплої весняно-літньої пори року. На противагу до останніх, пам'ятки із стаціонарними спорудами, які характеризуються більш сталим повторенням набору знаря...