Результати археологічних обстежень території Волино-Подільської височини (околиці с. Словіта)

The results of archaeological surveys conducted on the territory of Male Polissia and the Hologory Upland near the Slovita village are presented. It is noted that during the work on the Uplands, eight barrows were recorded that formed two clusters of three mounds each and two single mounds. It was established that a common feature for all barrows is their localization along the tops of the hills, or on the slopes closer to the top. It is indicated that all barrows have signs of robber excavations of different times. In four survey trenches in the territory of the inter-barrow space, no archaeological material was found, which does not make it possible to determine the time of construction of these objects. It is assumed that the surveyed barrows may belong to the Komariv culture, four sites of which are localized in the area where the surveys were carried out.

During the examination of the Slovita I–IV sites, their multi-layered character was confirmed. The exception is the Slovita III site, where the majority of the finds are represented by artifacts of the Komariv culture. It was observed that the Slovita II–IV sites could probably have belonged to one large settlement of the Komariv culture in the past. It was noted that the earliest finds on the sites are represented by single artifacts of the Paleolithic (Slovita I, II, IV) and Mesolithic periods (Slovita I). Several fragments of clay vessels of the Linear Pottery culture (Slovita I) were discovered, and artifacts of the Globular Amphora culture (Slovita I, II, IV) and Mezhanovitska culture (Slovita II, IV) were found. It is proven that a significant part of the artifacts belong to the Early Iron Age (Slovita I, II, IV). It is concluded that a small amount of the collected material is the product of the Rajkovets culture (Slovita I), the Early Middle Ages (Slovita I, IV), and the Modern period (Slovita I, III).

It is noted that it was not possible to confirm the presence of cultural horizons earlier than the Modern period on the territory of the cloister of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross of the Sisters of the Order of St. Basil the Great (OSBG) (Slovita VI). It is stated that the previously discovered single flint product from the territory of this cloister may be an accidental find, and verification of the place of fixation of bronze celts indicates that these products belong to such a group of sites as treasures. It is concluded that the archaeological research conducted on the border of two physical-geographical regions significantly supplemented the archaeological map of the settlement of this territory from the Paleolithic period to the Modern period.