Olena Tsvek
Olena Vasylivna Tsvek (
Education and career
Tsvek was born in Kyiv on 3 August 1931.[1] She studied history and archaeology at Kyiv University, under L.M. Slavin and S.M. Bibikov, graduating in 1959.[3][4] She was a researcher at the NASU Institute of Archaeology from 1959 until her retirement in 2002.[3] Tsvek was awarded the Vikentiy Khvoyka Prize in 2005.[1] She died on 5 July 2020, aged 88.[where?][2]
Trypillia research
Tsvek's research was focused on the Neolithic Trypillia culture, particularly in the region of the Southern Bug and Dnieper.[3] She was the first to demonstrate that this region had its own distinct character – sometimes known as the "East Trypillia culture".[1][3] Her candidate dissertation, defended in 1987, was on the Trypillia culture of the Bug–Dnieper interfluve.[3]
From the late 1960s, Tsvek directed a number of large-scale excavations at eastern Trypillia sites, including
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Цвек Олена Василівна". Кафедра археології та музеєзнавства (in Ukrainian). Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Олена Василівна Цвек (03.08.1931 – 05.07.2020)". Полтавський краєзнавчий музей (in Ukrainian). 7 July 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g Ляшко, С. М.; Відейко, М. Ю. (2011). "Пів століття у трипільському світі: Олени Василівни Цвек". Trypillian Civilization Journal. 2011–4. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
- ^ "Персоналії". Інститут керамології (in Ukrainian). Інституту народознавства НАН України. Retrieved 18 July 2020.