VITA ANTIQUA 16
ISSN 2522-9419 (Online)
2519-4542 (Print)
Tangible Heritage of Ancient Times : approaches, contexts, interpretations. VITA ANTIQUA 16. Kyiv : Center for Paleoethnological Research, 2025
The annual almanac brings together research devoted to the study, preservation, and interpretation of material heritage from the Palaeolithic to the Middle Ages. The contributions represent a wide chronological and thematic range — from analyses of prehistoric technologies and burial complexes to studies of Classical and medieval artefacts, as well as museological reflections on the fate of archaeological collections and heritage protection in modern contexts. The publication highlights diverse methodological and theoretical approaches to understanding the tangible traces of the past, emphasizing their cultural, historical, and interpretative significance. It aims to foster dialogue between archaeology, heritage studies, and museology, demonstrating the relevance of integrated research perspectives for safeguarding and rethinking the ancient material legacy.
This collection will be useful for anyone who interested in ancient culture, concerned with the preservation of tangible heritage, as well as specialists in the field of monument study and preservation, including archaeologists, heritage conservationists, local historians, museum workers, heritage experts, and university students.
Editors and compilers of the collection
Pavlo Shydlovskyi, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Sofiia Syvuk, Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
DOI: 10.37098/VA-2025-16
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CONTENTS
Shydlovskyi, P.S., Syvuk, S.O. Research and Preservation of Tangible Heritage during the War : activities of the Department of Archaeology and Museology, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
CHAPTER I. Prehistoric Archaeology
Dudnyk, D.V. At the Burin’s Edge : production and reutilisation of burins in the Mizyn assemblage
Yevdokymov, H.L. Archaeological research of the Krasnoznamensk expedition. Burial mounds near the village of Myroliubivka
Pustovalov, S.Zh., Danylko, N.M. Burial mounds 2-3 near the village of Volodymyrivka, Skadovsk district, Kherson region
Dubiaha A.P. Comparative Analysis of the Burial Rites of the Donets and Middle Don Catacomb Cultures
Dergai, A.S., Makodzeba, O.O. Vessel from the Middle Dnieper Culture settlement Iskovshchyna from the excavations of M.M. Bondar (1960-1962)
CHAPTER II. Classical Antiquity
Chechulina, I.O. The Interaction of Metal and Ceramic Vessels in Ancient Greek Culture : technologies, stylistics and market aspects
Prudko, I.V. Grey Clay Amphora Containing a Hoard of Dolphins from Olbia : a new addition to the collections of the Archaeological Museum at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Syvuk, S.O. Roman Metal Tableware in the Chernyakhiv Culture of Ukraine : a historiographical overview
CHAPTER IІI. Museum collections
Volodarets-Urbanovych, Ya.V. Early Medieval Jewelry from the Kherson Regional Museum of Local Lore : looted heritage
Kravchenko, N.V. Hunting in Museum Exhibitions of the German Saxony : artefacts of material culture, works of art, environmental protection context
CHAPTER ІV. Relevant Issues of Archaeology
Radchenko, A.I., Radchenko, S.B. Archaeology on Paper : Scholarly publications in Ukraine and what is (not) happening to them
Cite as:
Shydlovskyi, P.S., Syvuk, S.O. (eds.). 2025. Tangible Heritage of Ancient Times : approaches, contexts, interpretations. VITA ANTIQUA 16. Kyiv: Center for Paleoethnological Research, DOI: 10.37098/VA-2024-15.