The explorations on the Hillfort of the scythian Period Near Yakushyntsi Village

Abstract

The results of new research of the hillfort of the Scythian time near Yakushyntsi village are presented. The plan of the fortifications was made with using the GpS device. The explorations revealed artifacts of two cultures — Belogrudіvka and Scythian. The fortifications are definitely belonging to the second horizon. Materials of Belogrudіvka culture are dating XI—XII cent. B. C., Scythian — VII—VI cent. B. C. The last circumstance is expanding our knowledge of the monument. previously was thought that it is belong only to the late Scythian time. The analysis of the geographical position of the hill fort indicates that it was the center of most northern site of monuments of the Scythian period in the Eastern Podiliya.