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Yampil

Ямпіль · Yampil Trypillia Settlement · Yampil Dniester · Yampil Podolia

Late Chalcolithic Trypillia C1–C2 (3600–3300 BCE) Podolia Dniester·Cucuteni-Trypillia C1–C2 Podolia (Yampil variant, Usatovo contact)·🇺🇦 Vinnytsia Oblast, Mohyliv-Podilskyi Raion, Yampil town on Dniester left bank at Moldova border (Yampil pier Dniester bend), Ukraine

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About Yampil

Yampil (Yampol) — Trypillia C1–C2 settlement cluster (c.3600–3300 BCE, 15 ha, ~200 houses) on Dniester left bank at Yampil bend, Vinnytsia–Moldova border. Podolia Dniester group with fortified promontories, painted–coarse transition, Tripolye C2 usatovoid, copper axes, Dniester ford trade. Excavated Movsha–Rassmann: terrace 600×400 m, ditch, 2 ha citadel. Part of Yampil–Saharna Dniester frontier linking Bug megasites to Usatovo steppe. Dniester navigation bend control.

Why it mattersPodolia Dniester cluster 15 ha — Yampil bend ford linking Trypillia to Usatovo

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Mysteries & theories

Mysteries

  1. 01Ford toll?

Theories

  1. 01Dniester as Trypillia–Usatovo corridor

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 Podolia Dniester
Period
Late Chalcolithic Trypillia C1–C2 (3600–3300 BCE) Podolia Dniester
Culture
Cucuteni-Trypillia C1–C2 Podolia (Yampil variant, Usatovo contact)
Builders
Podolia Dniester Trypillia riverside builders
Purpose
Dniester bend river-port settlement 15 ha controlling Moldovan ford
Abandoned
c.3300 BCE Yamnaya
Rediscovered
1970s Dniester rescue 1980s
Excavation
Partially excavated

  1. 3600 BCE

    Dniester bend terrace foundation 15 ha

  2. 1970s

    Movsha Dniester rescue 200 houses

  3. 3300 BCE

    Yamnaya steppe take

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Structures & features

48.2450° N · 28.2800° E · 80 m · 3 mapped features

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