Peregonivka
Ukraine

Peregonivka

Cucuteni–Trypillia mega-settlement, c. 4000–3600 BC

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Peregonivka, in Ukraine, is the site of an ancient mega-settlement belonging to the Cucuteni–Trypillia culture dating to 4000-3600 BC. The settlement was for the time very large, covering an area of 100 hectares. This proto-city is just one of 2,440 Cucuteni-Trypillia settlements discovered so far in Moldova and Ukraine. 194 (8%) of these settlements had an area of more than 10 hectares between 5000-2700 BC and more than 29 settlements had an area in the range of 100 to 450 hectares.

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Occupation of Peregonivka

c. 4000–3600 BC

Regionwide large-settlement phase

5000–2700 BC

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Country

Ukraine

Coordinates

48.53° N, 30.38° E