TheBondarikha cultureorBondarikhinskaya culturewas a LateBronze Age(11th-9th centuries BCE) culture of modern-dayUkraine.[1]It replaced theSrubnaya culture.It was found from the left shore of theDneprto the upper and midSeversky Donets,and it the east it reached the Don bassin and mid-Oka.The culture was identified in 1951 byV. A. Ilyinskayanear what is nowIzium.[1]It is represented by both fortified and non-fortified settlement, grave fields, treasures and scattered finds. They lived in pit houses, semi-pit houses, and houses on flat ground.[1]Excavations sound potsherds, flint sickles, pestles and other tools, as well as the bones of cattle, goats, horses, pigs, and sheep.[1]The cemeteries are tumuli, and flat ground graves with cremated remains in urns or small pits.
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| Geographical range | Ukraine |
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| Period | Bronze Age |
| Dates | 11th century - 9th century BCE |
| Preceded by | Srubnaya culture |
| Followed by | Yukhnovskaya culture, Gorodets culture |
There are about 20 Bondarikha sites on the terraces of various rivers throughout Ukraine. One important find was a socketed celt (ax-head), which, among Bondarikha sites, has a distinguishing mid-rib that is not found on other Srubnaya celts.[1]The sites have also yielded examples of metallurgy, such as an iron awl, an iron knife, and the blade of a bronze dagger.[1]
The end of the Bondarikha culture was contemporaneous with the ends of theBelozerkaandBelogrudovka cultures.[2]It was followed by theYukhnovskaya cultureand theGorodets culture.
References
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- ^Harding, Anthony; Fokkens, Harry (2013-06-27).The Oxford Handbook of the European Bronze Age.OUP Oxford. p. 914.ISBN978-0-19-100732-3.
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