Chernozems are among the most fertile agricultural soils on Earth and are important
terrestrial carbon reservoirs. Since the Miocene-advent of grassland-ecosystems, they …

Recently, high-resolution magnetometry surveys have led to the discovery of a special
category of buildings–so-called 'mega-structures'–situated in highly visible positions in the …

We present a comprehensive data-based characterization of the subsistence economy of
Chalcolithic Cucuteni–Trypillia societies (CTS) on the Moldovian and Suceava plateaus and …

In this paper, we report newly obtained data on cereals from the Neolithic to Bronze Age
from the northern side of the Black Sea. One part of the North Pontic area, located within …

At the end of the fifth millennium bc, some of the largest settlements of the time emerged on
the Pontic forest steppe. Some scholars proposed to include these mega-sites into the …

Wood was a crucial resource for prehistoric societies, for instance, as timber for house
construction and as fuel. In the case of the exceptionally large Chalcolithic Tripolye 'mega …

Phytolith analysis has been applied in one of the extraordinary Trypillia “mega-site” in
central Ukraine. The site Maidanetske, dated to ca. 3900–3650 BCE, is composed of ca …

Explanations for the emergence and abandonment of the Chalcolithic Trypillia mega-sites
have long been debated. Here, the authors use Gini coefficients based on the sizes of …

Crucial for the mega-site phenomenon that occurs in Central Ukraine in the 4th millennium
BCE is the human impact of the Trypillia settlers on the former vegetation cover. The sub …

Magnetic mapping is a common method for investigating archaeological sites. Typically, the
magnetic field data are treated with basic signal improving processing followed by image …