Studies of the layer of the Kyiv archaeological culture at the Paleolithic site Cemetery beam (Khotylevo-2) have been resumed. In recent years. The monument is located 18 km from the city of Bryansk upstream of the Desna River, on the Western outskirts of the village of Khotylevo. It is unique in terms of its topography. It is located at an altitude of 20—25 m from a low floodplainunlike most monuments of Kyiv culture. For a rather long period of research (from 1969) to the works of 2019—2020, 2 semi-earthen dugouts and 4 ground structures were studied at the monument. A fairly wide area was studied and the materials of previous studies, were partially introduced into scientific circulation, combined, analysed in a complex and published. In 2019—2020, 266 m of the top layerwere opened at the settlement of Khotylevo-2. The cultural layer reaches a thickness of 0.6—0.8 m but the thickness of the cultural layer on the slopes is only 0.2—0.3 m. As a result, 6 buildings of the specified period and a number of utility pits were discovered and investigated. The buildings are semi-dugouts with a central pillar and an open hearth near it. Average size of buildings is from 3.5—4 to 3.7—4.5 m, all are buried in the mainland from 0.1—0.28 to 0.2—0.43 m. Ceramic material is mostly represented by stucco ceramics with admixtures of gravel, chamotte, sand, organic matter, sometimes flint inclusions are present. However, yellow-, red-, gray — and black-flattened dishes are also found. Thanks to the conducted research it was possible to explore the South-Eastern part of the residential area of the settlement.
Source: Ryabchevsky N. G., Guryanov V. N. (2023). Buildings of the Kyiv culture at the settlement of Khotylevo-2: excavations of 2019–2020. Journal of the Belarusian State University. History. 1: 69-81
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