Скифская усадьба в Причерноморской лесостепи
Manor of the Late VIth – Early Vth c. B.C. on Motronian settlement (Dnieper’s Right-Bank Forest-Steppe)

Summary/Abstract: Article is a publication of materials of a manor of the late VIth-early Vth c. B.C., studied by the author on Motronian settlement – one of the largest settlements of Scythian epoch in the Ukrainian Right-Bank Forest-Steppe (the area near 200 ha).The area of the manor was near 700 sq.m. It represented a place of residence of a domestic community. This community consisted of small families (4 or 5), each of which had a dwelling and various economic constructions: pits for storage of grain, cellars, garbage pits and other.Total of inhabitants of a manor not less than 20 person, a maximum 25.At excavation of the manor numerous finds, first of all, pottery, tools of metal, bone and stone, and decorations were found out.The basic economic employment of inhabitants of a manor – animal industries and agriculture. The meat diet was ensured by hunting. Domestic crafts were: manufacture of pottery, processing of leather, spinning and weaving, manufacturing of tools of bone and stone.Metal products (tools, weapons, decorations) and necessary other production, and also the Greek import: wine in amphoras and dining room utensils, inhabitants of the manor received in exchange for agricultural production.

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