Abstract

Attention is paid at the article to ceramic ware of Trypillia settlement of Shypyntsi A, which belongs to stage BI. Some of the materials were processed in Historical Museum of Lviv, other part are taken from O. Kandyba's works. This site is interesting because it belongs to the final period of Trypillia BI and is promising for examination of changes in the shape and ornamentation of tableware during the end of stage BI – beginning of BI–BII and determining basis for the formation of Zalishchyky group of sites. Only «tableware», usually painted, is represented at the collection. There are no finds with deepened ornaments among the collections of museum, but O. Kandyba wrote about its presence in the ceramic complex of Shypyntsy A. Painted ceramic ware are represented by the following forms: goblets, lids, bowls, pear-shaped ware, cups on a pallet, binocular-shaped ware, spoons or scoops. To analyze the ornament on ceramic ware classification scheme of styles of painting, developed by G. Schmidt and supplemented by other researchers is used. The following styles are distinguished among the ornamental compositions of ceramics of Shypyntsy A: ABα, αα², α¹, α², α³, β². Among them ABα, αα² are the oldest. Volutes, spirals, circles, meanders and broken lines that form triangular shaped figures are dominated among the motifs. Some of the ornamental motifs characteristic of Shypyntsi A are also represented on the ceramic ware of later Zalischyky sites. Subgroups of styles of painting α, β, which appeared at the stage of Trypillia BI – Kukuten` A4, for some time continued to exist on Zalischyky ceramics, along with new styles of painting. On the stage of Trypillia BI-BII changes of shapes of ceramic ware took place – rejection of ceramic ware on a pallet and appearance of new forms of ceramics. Pear-shaped ware and goblets have changed, but in parallel the old versions of both pear-shaped ware and goblets were used. Forms of lids and bowls from Shypyntsi A can be also found on Zalischyky ceramics. It is obvious that Shypyntsi A belongs to the settlements of the end of BI, which influenced the formation of Zalischyky sites of BI–BII stage. Key words: Shypyntsi A, Trypillia, painted tableware, stage BI, stage BI-BII.

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