Проаналізовано пластику трипільської культури, що походить з поселень Канівського Подніпров'я
і зберігається у Наукових фондах Інституту археології НАН України.
The analysis of plastics from Trypillian sites of the
Dnipro River Kaniv region which is stored in the Scientific
Repository of the Institute of Archaeology of the
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine is presented.
Peculiarities of products are discussed with the maximum
consideration of their features: technological, morphological, and stylistic. The technology of manufacturing
the Kaniv plastics shows peculiarities distinguishing it among the products originating from the
neighbouring western and eastern local formations. Anthropomorphic, zoomorphic, and ornithomorphic
figures are distinguished, as well as plastic objects of other forms. Traditional forms and ornamentation
were open for innovations within the general Trypillian plastic development. There were also new forms
of anthropomorphic images, inherent exclusively to the Kaniv population. These are female figures with separately
moulded legs connected by a bridge in the area of knees. Such figurines are found as imports at the
settlements of neighbouring Trypillian local groups. Unique are realistic heads with almost portrait features
and an anthropomorphic application on a vessel. Plastic, primarily anthropomorphic, reflects the mythological
ideas of the early farmers which were based on ideas of fertility, fruitfulness, dualism, and rebirth.