Volodymyrivka
Володимирівка · Volodymyrivka Trypillia Mega-Settlement · Volodimirivka · Volodymyrivka SBDI
Chalcolithic Trypillia BI (4100–3800 BCE)·Cucuteni-Trypillia BI (Tomashivka central)·🇺🇦 Kirovohrad Oblast, Kropyvnytskyi Raion, Volodymyrivka village on Synyukha River, SBDI central cluster, Ukraine
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About Volodymyrivka
Volodymyrivka — Trypillia BI mega-site (c.4100–3800 BCE, 100 ha, 800 houses) on Synyukha River, Kirovohrad, SBDI central cluster between Nebelivka and Dobrovody. Tomashivka group circular 100 ha, burnt daub, painted ware, anthropomorphic figurines, copper adzes. Excavated T. Movsha 1940s, magnetics 2010s: 2 rings, ditch, 8 m mega-building near centre. Links western SBDI megasites to Bug–Dnieper network. Abandoned burnt horizon 3800.
Why it mattersSBDI central 100 ha — Tomashivka ring between Nebelivka and Talianki
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Mega-building — temple?
Theories
- 01SBDI central corridor node
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.4100–4000 BCE Trypillia BI Tomashivka
- Period
- Chalcolithic Trypillia BI (4100–3800 BCE)
- Culture
- Cucuteni-Trypillia BI (Tomashivka central)
- Builders
- Tomashivka Trypillia planners
- Purpose
- Synyukha circular ring town 100 ha controlling SBDI central corridor
- Abandoned
- c.3800 BCE
- Rediscovered
- 1940s Movsha; 2010s Kiel magnetics
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
4100 BCE
100 ha circular foundation Synyukha
1940s
Movsha excavation BI figurines
2010s
Magnetics 800 houses 2 rings
On the ground
Structures & features
48.5500° N · 30.8800° E · 165 m · 3 mapped features
Central Mega-Building 8 m
mega structure8 m mega-building near centre with anthropomorphic figurines
48.5505° N · 30.8810° EOuter Ring Houses
house clusterOuter 1.0 km ring burnt houses Synyukha south bank
48.5490° N · 30.8790° ESynyukha Ditch
earthworkOuter ditch 1.0 km enclosing 100 ha Synyukha terrace
48.5510° N · 30.8780° E
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