Культура України неолітичного часу та її особливості на Волині

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to consider ethnocultural processes, economic and natural factors that influenced changes in the worldviews of the Neolithic population of Ukraine and Eastern Europe. It also describes the development dynamics of material and spiritual culture of the linear-ribbon ceramics tribes on the territory of Volyn and the forms of its interaction with adjacent cultural areas. Research methodology. The author makes an attempt to systematize and interpret the available archaeological, scientific sources on the chosen theme on the basis of a comprehensive analysis, comparison, historical interaction, the analysis of general trends and features of Neolithic forms of ancient culture. Results . In the Neolithic period on the territory of Central and South-Eastern Europe several ethnic massifs interacted, which had their own ideological and cultural features: the ancient European Balkan-Danube-Carpathian community of the painted ceramics zone, North Black Sea-Caspian, which is characterized by rope-like ornament of dishes. Along with them, the culture of linear-ribbon ceramics spreads in Volyn, which interacts with the Volyn Neolithic culture and local communities of Northern Polissya. The cultural development of Ukrainian lands and Volyn in particular was part of the cultural and economic changes of the European continent at that time. Proofs of this are the ornamental schemes of ceramics, anthropomorphic and zoomorphic products, forms of jewelry and burials. Novelty . New archeological sources from the museum funds of Kyiv, Lviv, Lutsk have been involved. Neolithic cultures of Volyn and Ukraine are considered in the context of European ethnocultural changes of that time. The practical significance. The obtained results will contribute to a better understanding of the origins of cultural archetypes of European and Ukrainian peoples. They can be used to optimize the processes of European integration and cultural enrichment of peoples.