Monastyrok
Монастирок · Monastyrok Trypillia Hillfort · Monastyrok Dniester · Monastyrok Galicia
Late Chalcolithic Trypillia C1–C2 (3600–3400 BCE) Galicia·Cucuteni-Trypillia C1 Galicia–Podolia (Usatovo contact)·🇺🇦 Ternopil Oblast, Chortkiv Raion, Monastyrok village on Seret River tributary of Dniester (Galicia–Podolia Trypillia C1), Ukraine
About
About Monastyrok
Monastyrok — Trypillia C1 hillfort (c.3600–3400 BCE, 3 ha, fortified promontory) on Seret River above Dniester, Chortkiv, Galicia–Podolia. Late Trypillia C1–C2 fortified bluff with ditch–rampart 3 m high, burnt houses, painted–coarse ware transition, copper daggers, and Usatove–Cernavodă steppe contacts. Excavated T. Movsha–Videiko: promontory 200×150 m, 50 houses, 2-m rampart. Demonstrates western late Trypillia fortification against steppe. Abandoned 3400 with Yamnaya. Podolia Trypillia type.
Why it mattersWestern late Trypillia fort 3 ha — Usatovo steppe frontier on Dniester
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Fort vs farm?
Theories
- 01Western Trypillia fortified frontier
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c.3600 BCE Trypillia C1 fortified promontory
- Period
- Late Chalcolithic Trypillia C1–C2 (3600–3400 BCE) Galicia
- Culture
- Cucuteni-Trypillia C1 Galicia–Podolia (Usatovo contact)
- Builders
- Late Trypillia hillfort builders (Monastyrok variant)
- Purpose
- Seret promontory fort controlling Dniester–Seret steppe frontier
- Abandoned
- c.3400 BCE Yamnaya overlay
- Rediscovered
- 1970s Movsha Seret survey
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
3600 BCE
Promontory fort Seret 3 ha C1
1970s
Movsha–Videiko 50 houses rampart
3400 BCE
Yamnaya steppe abandonment
On the ground
Structures & features
48.8500° N · 25.8500° E · 250 m · 3 mapped features
Promontory Rampart 3 m
rampart200×150 m rampart 3 m high on Seret above Dniester
48.8505° N · 25.8500° EInterior Burnt Houses 50
house cluster50 burnt houses with coarse ware and copper daggers
48.8495° N · 25.8490° ESeret Bluff Edge
cliffSeret River bluff edge 250 m a.s.l. Dniester frontier
48.8510° N · 25.8510° E
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