Pages: 93-110 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.55086/sp22493110

The authors present finds of artefacts with swastika of the first half of the 1 st millennium AD from the Zarubintsy culture area, Late Zarubintsy sites and Kiev culture. They are represented by pottery (13 pieces), Eastern European barbarian champleves (20 pieces), spindle whorls (9 pieces) and household items (1 piece).
For the first half of the 1 st millennium AD in the area of Proto-Slavic archaeological cultures, 38 finds with images of the swastika (69 images in total) are known, which come from 29 locations. 47 images are right-sided, 21 are left-sided, the rays of one point in both directions.
One find is known in the Zarubintsy culture, seven artefacts on the Late Zarubintsy sites and 32 artefacts in the materials of the Kiev culture. Consequently, the number of items with swastikas increases over time.

Keywords: swastika, Zarubintsy culture, Late Zarubintsy sites, Kiev culture, Eastern European barbarian champleves, pottery, spindle whorl, Late La Tene, Roman time

Information about authors:

Rostislav Terpilovskij (Kyiv, Ukraine). Doctor of Historical Sciences. Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Vladimirskaya St., 60, Kyiv, 01601, Ukraine
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0001-8111-0794
Yaroslav Volodarets-Urbanovich (Kyiv, Ukraine). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute of Archaeology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Geroyiv Stalingrada Ave., 12, Kyiv, 04210, Ukraine
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0003-1560-3608