Abstract:
The paper discusses the 2010-2015 studies of the radiocarbon chronology
of Podolia "barrow cultures" on the left bank of the middle
dniester. The studies have relied on series of 14C dates for the Klembivka
1, Pidlisivka 1, Porohy 3a and Prydnistryanske 1 sites determined
in Kyiv and Poznań laboratories. They are the irst attempt to
construct a regional ("Yampil") radiocarbon scale for "Early Bronze"
funerary rites (4th/3rd-2nd millennium BC) as practised by barrow
builders – the communities of the Tripolye and Yamnaya cultures –
and the secondary barrow users – the designers of necropolises located
on barrows – belonging to the Catacomb, Babyno and Noua
cultures.
