Nebelivka (archaeological site)

Nebelivka (Ukrainian: Небелівка; Russian: Небеловка, romanized: Nebelovka), located in the village of the same name in Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine, is the site of an ancient mega-settlement dating to 4000 B.C.

The settlement was for the time huge, covering an area of 260-300 hectares and home to perhaps 15,000 - 17,000 people.

Research from 2012 to 2014 imply "the possibility of state-level societies", contemporary with similar developments in Uruk.

[3][4] A two-storey structure 60 by 20 meters of mud and wood with a galleried courtyard has been excavated.

Artefacts include female or Venus figurines, pottery stylised faces, charred bones of animals, and small gold pieces that were perhaps hair or clothing ornaments.