Pages: 321-342 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.55086/sp213321342
Three main stages can be distinguished in the development of settlement structures on the territory of Dnieper left bank forest-steppe at the Scythian time. The territory of Dnieper left bank forest-steppe at the Scythian time. The territory of high terraces of small rivers in the interfluve of the lower reaches of the Psel and Vorskla rivers, to the south of the Grun river, was settled in the early Scythian period, which was characterized by a more humid climate compared to modern conditions. The resource zones of the first settlements were represented by soils with maximum convenient for cultivation (ordinary chernozem, leached and podzolized). In the Middle Scythian period, which was drier than the previous one, the number of settlements in the floodplains increased, where meadow, sod and bog soils dominated. In the third stage (the last quarter of the 5th—4th centuries BC), the number of sites decreased, and new sites located at the rivers (the percentage of dark-gray podzolized soils decreased), which could indicate the climate aridity at that time. As a result, the spatial analysis of the archaeological and paleopedological data showed its validity and can be used in the study of Scythian time sites and sites of other periods.
Keywords: Dnieper Left-bank forest-steppe, Scythian time, settlement structure, paleopedology, spatial analysis
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Denis Grechko (Kiev, Ukraine). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute of Archaeology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Geroev Stalingrada Ave., 12, Kiev, 04210, Ukraine
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Oleh Bilynskyi (Kiev, Ukraine). Candidate of Historical Sciences. National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”. Skovoroda St., 2, Kiev, 04070, Ukraine
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Anatolii Kushnir (Kiev, Ukraine). Candidate of Geographical Sciences. Institute of Geography of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Volodymyrska St., 44, Kiev, 01030, Ukraine
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