Нові дослідження захисних споруд Басівського городища

• Published in: Археологія і давня історія України
• Date: 2022
• Main Author: Корж, А.А.
• Format: Article
• Language: Ukrainian
• Published: Інститут археології НАН України 2022
• Subjects: Новітні дослідження
• Online Access: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/187582
• Journal Title: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Cite this: Нові дослідження захисних споруд Басівського городища / А.А. Корж // Археологія і давня історія України: Зб. наук. пр. — К.: ІА НАН України, 2022. — Вип. 1 (42). — С. 131-140. — Бібліогр.: 18 назв. — укр.

На основі нових даних подано інформацію про
 захисні споруди найбільшої поселенської пам’ятки
 Посулля скіфського часу — Басівського городища.
 Розглянуто питання розміщення давніх входів. Висвітлено результати польових досліджень 2020—2021 років. Defensive structures are the integral part of any fortified
 settlement. Their study requires significant labor
 costs, so usually the earthen constructions haven’t received
 enough attention from the predecessors.
 Basivka hill-fort is definitely the key settlement of
 the Scythian Age in the Sula River basin. Its total area
 is approximately 170 ha. The central, residential part
 is located on three well-fortified capes. Not all fortification
 areas were created simultaneously but had developed
 dynamically in time and space. Successful usage
 of natural topographic features at this settlement is
 combined with the basics of defense tactics.
 Modern agricultural activity and dwelling construction
 led to significant damage,and in some places to
 the destruction of earthen structures of Basivka hillfort.
 This is especially true of the Great Outer Rampart
 which is well-preserved only in the eastern part.
 The complexity of the modern terrain and the significant
 forest cover were the determining factors that
 hindered the preparation of the most accurate topographic
 plan of this site. The paper presents a new plan
 of central fortifications but it also needs to be revised
 which is a matter of the future.
 A separate issue of the work is devoted to the placement
 of ancient entrances, which, like the fortification
 in general, could change over time and move from the
 main to the role of secondary ones.
 The paper highlights the results of excavations of
 the Great Basivka Rampart which were conducted in
 2020—2021. It is ascertained that the defensive structures
 cover the cultural layer of the settlement. In general,
 valuable information was obtained regarding the
 development of fortifications in the Ukrainian Forest-
 Steppe of Dnieper Left-Bank area in the Scythian Age.