У публікації йдеться про дослідження матеріалів
Молюхового Бугра із розкопок В. М. Даниленка
1955—1956 рр. у монографіях та наукових виданнях Д. Я. Телегіна 1960—1990-х рр., а також — про
основні результати розкопок поселення автором у 1992—2019 рр.
The materials of Molyukhiv Buhor, obtained during
excavations in 1955—1956 by V. M. Danylenko, were
constantly used by D. Y. Telegin in his scientific works
particularly in the monograph «Dnipro-Donetsk Culture.
To the History of the Population of the Neolithic
Epoch — Early Metal of the South of Eastern Europe»
1968; in the monograph «Seredni Stoh Culture of the
Copper Age» in 1973; in the article «Cultural identity
and dating of supine Eneolithic burials of the Steppe
Dnieper» 1987; in the book «Neolithic Burial Grounds
of the Mariupol Type» 1991; in the publication «Settlements
of the Dnieper-Donetsk Ethnocultural Community
of the Neolithic Era» 1998 (co-authored by
O. M. Titova); in the book «Seredni Stoh and Novodanilivka
cultures of the Eneolithic of the Azov-Pontic
region: an archaeological-anthropological analysis
of materials and catalog of sites» 2001 (co-authors
A. L. Nechitaylo, I. D. Potekhina, Y. V. Panchenko).
The conclusions of the scholar according to the first
two monographs became the basis for the recognition
of Molyukhiv Buhor as one of the outstanding sites of
Ukraine in the Neo-Eneolithic Age.
Since 1992 the archeological study of Molyukhiv
Buhor has been carried out by the author who has discovered
on the settlement the system of «moats» and
«pillars», the remains of Neolithic dwellings, residential-
economic complex of the late Neolithic age, the
ancient burial ground with 6 different graveyards, 44
economic pits of different historical periods, etc.
A diverse collection of archaeological materials, the
total number of which is more than 103700 finds, is the
ceramic complex, flint tools, stone tools, horn and bone
products, copper products, and allows to describe fully
and comprehensively the material culture of the inhabitants
in the Neolithic and Eneolithic periods.
Thus, new research allows us to clarify, supplement
and expand our understanding of the material culture
of the tribes of Dnieper-Donetsk and Seredni Stoh cultures,
compare them with the research of D. Ya. Telegin
1960—1970 and note that many conclusions of the
scholar of 50 years ago find their confirmation in new
studies of Molyukhіv Buhor.
Archaeological studies of the settlement are being
continued. In recent years, they have focused on the excavation
of a large residential and commercial complex
in the north of the settlement.
