Report on the fieldwork of 2016 in the Trypillia mega-site Maidanetske: Investigations on the development and internal structuring

In this chapter, we present results of Ukrainian-German fieldwork of 2016 in the Trypillia mega-site Maidanetske, Ukraine. In addition to the continuation of the archaeomagnetic surveys, these field works included excavations in one of the ditches, the investigation of a communal building and different unbuilt open areas of the settlement. In combination with radiometric dating and various scientific investigations, which are presented in other contributions of this volume, important new results on the internal development of the settlement, the use of space, the function of ditches and the architectural and functional differentiation between residential houses and communal mega-structures were obtained during these explorations.