Pages: 277-293

The author examines the current state of studies of the Late Zarubintsi culture dwellings and main ideas about them. He also introduces some new evidence from the South Bug River area and gives a comprehensive overview of dwellings belonging to all local versions of the Late Zarubintsi group of sites. Special focus is set on constructive features of the dwellings. He concludes that the blockhouse construction of walls prevailed and had a continuation on the latest sites of the Kiev culture.

Keywords: Late Zarubintsi group, housing, blockhouse construction, carcass-pillar design, semi-dugouts, ground dwelling, Kiev culture

Information about author:

Yuri Bashkatov (Kiev, Ukraine). Institute of Archaeology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
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