Archaeological research of Kyivan burials of the 16th-18th centuries
Journal Title: Eminak - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
This article analyzes the archaeological research of burials from the 16th-18th centuries in Kyiv, Ukraine. The archival data is based on the field reports of expeditions by the Imperial Archaeological Commission, the Archaeological Committee of Ukraine, the Institute for the History of Material Culture of the Academy of Sciences of UkSSR, the Institute of Archaeology of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the Academy of Sciences of USSR and the UkSSR. Most of the burials were discovered during expeditions of the Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences, which was established in 1970. This author identifies four basic periods distinguished by their scientific approach to the study of burials. The first of these periods comprises the 19th century and is characterized by excavations by amateur archaeologists who appear to have discovered burials by accident. The second, or pre-war period, encompasses excavations from 1900 to the early 1930s. It corresponds to a significant change in the scientific methodology employed. The high professionalism of these excavations, by D. Mileev and T. Movchanivskyj, demonstrated archaeological potential and the need to study more closely the burials of the 16th-18th centuries. The third period began in the mid-1940s and extends to about 1975. In contrast to the second period, and despite intensive expeditions during this post-war period, with few exceptions the data provides only succinct information without graphics. The fourth period of the study begins in the mid-1970s and is still ongoing. It is marked by decidedly more detail regarding the fixation of subjects in the field. Heading architectural and archaeological expeditions, V. Kharlamov and G. Ivakin effected important roles in the advancement of scientific methodology in this period. As a result of some 200 years of research in Kyiv, nearly 3,000 burials have been studied including 2862 in simple pits, 19 in sarcophaguses, 13 on pavements, 97 in underground vaults, and 7 in crypts.
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Olena Melnyk
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