Andriyivka, Radekhiv Raion

Andriyivka (Ukrainian: Андрі́ївка) is a village (selo) in Radekhiv Raion, Lviv Oblast of Western Ukraine.
It is the site of an ancient mega-settlement dating to 4000–3600 B.C. belonging to the Cucuteni-Trypillian culture. The settlement was for the time very large, covering an area of 80 hectares. This proto-city is just one of 2440 Cucuteni-Trypillia settlements discovered so far in Moldova and Ukraine. 194 (8%) of these settlements had an area of more than 10 hectares between 5000–2700 B.C. and more than 29 settlements had an area in the range 100–300–450 hectares.[1]

Andriyivka, Radekhiv Raion
Coordinates: 50°21′38″N 24°26′09″E
Cucuteni–Trypillia culture
(c. 4800 to 3000 BC)
Characteristic example of Cucuteni–Trypillia pottery
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See also
  • Cucuteni-Trypillian culture
  • Danube civilization

References
  1. VIDEIKO M. YU. TRYPILLIA CULTURE PROTO-CITIES: AFTER 40 YEARS OF INVESTIGATIONS. Mykhailo Videiko Institute of Archaeology, National Academy of Sciences, Kyiv, UA. 2011.
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