Role of scientific, educational and museum establishments in archaeological research of Mokhnach village and its neighbourhood

Abstract

Тhe investigational history of antiquities from Mokhnach village, Zmijiv region, Kharkov oblast and its neighbourhood is viewed in the article. Several periods are distinguished. The initial stage, before the 12th Archaeological congress (1902), was carried out by the efforts of Kharkiv University’s scientists. The next stage (second half of XX cen.) is characterized by the participation of the representatives of Academic establishments of Russia (Institute of Archaeology and Institute for the History of Material Culture) and Ukraine (Institute of Archaeology), and also researchers of Kharkov National University in the investigations. In the modern stage (since the end of XX cen.), the large-scale complex research is carried out by the expedition of Kharkiv Pedagogical University and, sporadically, by members of Zmijiv regional museum. Thanks to the efforts of many scientists, considerable research of Mokhnach hillfort has been done; 20 surrounding settlements have been found and partly investigated. It provides an opportunity to reconstruct stage-by-stage history of the mentioned microregion since the Stone Age to the modern times.