Vesely Kut
Веселий Кут · Veselyi Kut · Vesely Kut Trypillia · Veseliy Kut
Chalcolithic Trypillia B2 (3800–3650 BCE)·Cucuteni-Trypillia (Tomashivka)·🇺🇦 Cherkasy Oblast, Zvenyhorodka Raion, Vesely Kut village on Yatran River (SBDI western cluster), Ukraine
About
About Vesely Kut
Vesely Kut — Trypillia B2 mega-settlement (c.3800–3650 BCE, ~150 ha, 1,200+ houses) on Yatran River, Cherkasy, western SBDI cluster with Dobrovody–Maydanetske–Talianki. Tomashivka group circular plan, double ditch, burnt daub houses, copper workshop debris, painted bichrome pottery. Excavated 1970s Kruts, geophysics 2010s. Demonstrates SBDI megasite horizon synchronous c.3900–3600 BCE with Nebelivka template — 5 sites 150–340 ha in 50 km radius. Abandoned with burnt horizon.
Why it mattersWestern SBDI cluster member — tests synchronous mega-site horizon
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Copper — import or local?
Theories
- 01Cluster synchronous with Maydanetske
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c.3800 BCE (Trypillia B2 Tomashivka)
- Period
- Chalcolithic Trypillia B2 (3800–3650 BCE)
- Culture
- Cucuteni-Trypillia (Tomashivka)
- Builders
- Trypillia B2 villagers
- Purpose
- Circular ditch-enclosed mega-town on Yatran — farming and copper working
- Abandoned
- c.3650 BCE
- Rediscovered
- 1970s V. Kruts survey; 2010s magnetics
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
3800 BCE
Foundation Yatran double ditch
1970s
Kruts survey
2010s
Magnetometry 1,200 houses
On the ground
Structures & features
48.6200° N · 30.4500° E · 175 m · 3 mapped features
Inner Ditch Enclosure
earthworkDouble ditch circular enclosure 1.4×1.1 km, geophysics 2010s
48.6205° N · 30.4505° ECopper Workshop Area
workshopCopper slag and hammer workshop debris central zone
48.6195° N · 30.4490° EBurnt House Row West
house clusterWestern burnt daub house row with painted vessels
48.6210° N · 30.4480° E
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