The eponymous site of Trypillia Culture

In the history of studying any archaeological culture, there comes an important moment—the discovery and investigation of its eponymous site. Today, far less is known about the eponymous site of the Trypillia Culture than, for example, about the Cucuteni site. Archival documents indicate that Vikentiy Khvoika began excavations near Trypillia in October 1897. Over time, the exact location of these excavations was lost, and by the 1930s no specialist could even approximate it. In the autumn of 2006, the author succeeded in determining the location of this Trypillia settlement. Further research culminated in the excavations of 2018, conducted by an expedition from the Kyiv “Borys Grinchenko” Metropolitan University. As a result, these 2018 investigations enabled the precise identification of the site between Trypillia and Shcherbanivka as the eponymous site of the Trypillia Culture. The excavations provided interesting archaeological materials, especially pottery. The site can be attributed to the BI-II stage of the Trypillia Culture. This eponymous settlement holds considerable importance for future research, as it represents one of the earliest phases of Trypillian settlement in the Middle Dnipro region and is among the largest known settlements of the Trypillia Culture from this period.