ARCHAEOLOGICAL MAPS OF THE SOUTH UKRAINE

Abstract

Archaeological investigations of southern regions of our country have a long story. By the efforts of amateurs and connoisseurs of antiquities, and as time academics were discovered hundreds of the new sites that got its place on archaeological maps. The history of archaeology operates by dozen archaeological maps created since 2nd quarter of 19th century to the present day. They were good spotlighted of territories exploration degree at certain stages of scientific development, illustrated priority subject matters for researchers, and the level of demand of special knowledge and instruments required for creating a qualitative cartography product. A significant role in the emergence of archaeological maps of the region played by Odesa Society of History and Antiquities and Kherson museum, Archaeological Congresses, large-scale archaeology investigations of 1960s—80s. Archaeological cartography was born within science since 19th century and on the crossroads of centuries is make a claim for being separate science line. But in Soviet Period it was relegated to almost illustrative only. And even still it had not become a powerful tool as in archaeology, and more, in the field of protection of archaeological sites.