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in certain areas were of great significance;
7) pottery developed and reached the high
level; sometimes Trypillya culture is called
the culture of the painted ceramics. Trypillya
people were not familiar with a potter’s wheel
but they learnt how to make perfect
tableware;
8) domestic crafts were developing: skin
working, clothing and footwear making,
spinning, weaving, jewelry and building
crafts; 9) dwellings were located on high
spots near water and were of accurate
planning looking as concentric circles with
radial streets. Houses were built mainly from
wood and consisted of several rooms with
clay stoves and sacrificial altar inside. The
floor was pise-walled, walls were painted.
The dwellings are considered to have been
with a lower part for household needs and an
upper part used as a space for living. Some
settlements occupied a few hundreds hectares
(Maidanets – 270 hectares, Tal’yanka – 450
hectares). They were called “prototown”;
10) the organization of social life was based
on the clan traditions. The clan consisted of
large families; the clans were united into
tribes. At the late stage the unions of tribes
came into being. Marriages between members
of one and the same clan were forbidden. The
woman played a significant role in household,
religious ceremonies, preserving traditions,
and the role of man in household also rose.
There is no common opinion among scholars

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