RELIGIOUS-GRAPHIS TRADITIONS IN THE WEST OF UKRAINIAN FOR- EST-STEPPE REGION IN THE 7TH-THE EARLY 6TH CENTURIES B.C.

Abstract

The paper analyzes all the known finds of the Middle Dniester (West-Podolsk)
group which are decorated by images of parts of bodies of animals, birds,
etc. Resting upon a comparison of the finds with other objects from Middle
Dniester region, the author assumes that there probably was early religious-graphic tradition in the West of the Ukrainian Forest-Steppe region, which was
strongly influenced by Central European and already fading Aegean-Anatolian (including Hittite) art.
Key words: religious-graphis traditions.