TWO MIGRATION WAVES OF PRZEWORSK TRIBES TO WESTERN UKRAINIAN LANDS IN ROMAN TIME

Abstract

In the 1st – 3rd centuries Western Ukrainian lands were the scene of the migration waves that repeatedly roamed on these territories. Archaeological materials show that at the beginning of the 1st century and all 2nd century the oncoming migratory flows of Dacian and Przeworsk populations led to the formation of the Lypytsk culture in this region, in which the ethnic traits of both communities were combined. Due to the turbulent events of the Marcoman wars (166–180 years) and the new migratory wave of Przeworsk tribes of the Vandals from the northwest territories of Europe, Lypytsk population went to the territory of Dacia. Mapping of the archaeological sites of the end of the 2nd – 3rd centuries shows that the direction of the movement of Przeworsk tribes was directed not only to thе Dniester and the Danube. It is also about the resettlement and colonization of the newly formed territories on Volyn, Podillia, Poissia by Przeworsk tribes.

Key words: Roman time, Przeworsk culture, Lypytsk culture, place, grave, cremation, sword, arms.