SITES OF BRONZE AGE IN THE AREA OF BUILDING OF HIGHWAY KRAKOVETS–LVIV

The article presents results of researches conducted in 2004 on two sites of the Bronze Age that were discovered on the route of the projected concessional highway Krakovets–Lviv. The multilayered settlement of Dobrostany I is located on one of the southern spurs of Janivske Roztochchia cut through by the valley of the Vereschytsia River. In addition to the large, ground structures of the Early Iron Age, some finds of Neolithic and Early Middle Ages, several sites of Early Bronze Age with typical pottery of Mierzanowice Culture, and rare flint artifacts have been explored on the settlement. The site of Trzciniec Culture of Rulevo II is located within the Yavoriv basin, which is a part of the Upper San plain. It occupies one of the dunes covered by sod and is characterized by a small amount of pottery and flint products, with no trace of residential buildings and household constructions, except for a few hearths. This may indicate the livestock model of the economy related to the mobile grazing method. Materials from the researched settlements expand the source base for the study of and Trzciniec Cultures in their eastern range. It seems that the specific Sub-Carpathian micro-region, located between the southern slopes of Roztochchia and Vyshnia River valley, is undoubtedly within the range of sites of these Bronze Age cultures.

Dobrostany І, Rulevo ІІ, Roztochchia, Yavoriv basin, settlement of Mierzanowice and Trzciniec Cultures.