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about family kinship of Trypillya people:
whether it was matrilineal, patrilineal, or
crossed;
11) religious conceptions became more
elaborate: they believed in the other world,
existence of various deities and familiar;
rituals and symbolism appeared (the idea of
the sun and revived vegetation, fertility cult,
the sacred power of fire). Applied and plastic
art developed;
12) modern archaeological investigations
testify to the fact that separate elements of
Trypillya culture (household system,
settlement topography, decorative painting of
houses, ornament patterns and ceramics, etc.)
became an integral part of Ukrainian culture;
13) the reasons for Trypillya culture downfall
have not been finally cleared up. There are a
few hypotheses: climatic conditions
deterioration, primitive conditions of
agriculture activities of effusive nature
overcropped the land; attacks of nomadic
tribes, etc.
14) the most well-known Trypillya
settlements are: Maydanske, Tal’yanka,
Dobrovody.
2-1 thous. B.C. The Bronze Age:
1) appearance of new metal – bronze (alloy of
copper with tin and lead) artificially made by
man. The advantage of bronze over copper
lied in the fact that it is harder and melted at
much lower temperature;
2) instruments made of flint were also widely

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