Mykyta Ivanov

PhD Student, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Kyiv, Ukraine

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8473-9165

Email: mkt.ivanov@gmail.com

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Keywords: eneolithic, kurgan, paleodemography, burial, population size, Yamnaya culture

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Abstract

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The suggested paper evaluates the structure of land use and demographic situation in the Kryvyi Rih region during the Eneolithic–Early Bronze Age according to the maps of kurgans. The 1853 map compiled by the Corps of Military Topographers is used as a source of primary data. Insights about kurgan density, leaning towards the watercourse of rivers and population size are made. The received results are also compared against the data about the Trypillia culture. Appealing to the demographic advantage of the Trypillia people, the author argues towards the migration of the trypillians to the steppe zone during the second half of the 4th Millenium BC which resulted in the formation of Trypillia-like cultures: Usatovo and Serezlievka

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