Mykhailo Videiko
Now he is working at "Borys Grinchenko" Kyiv University at Laboratory of Archaeology.
Ukraine
specializing in the Copper Age period and particularly in the Trypillian culture
Dr. Hab. Mykhailo Videiko is a leading Ukrainian archaeologist specializing in the Copper Age period and particularly in the Trypillian culture. He received his Ph.D. from the Kyiv Institute of Archaeology in 1993. His scientific advisor was Dr. Mykola M.Shmaglij. Prior to his Ph.D. he graduated with Master degree in archaeology and history from the Kyiv Taras Shevchenko State University in 1982 and came to work for the Institute of Archaeology the same year progressively reaching a position of a Senior Staff Scientist.
Dr. Videiko has more than 700 scientific publications including close to thirty five books. Some of his work is presented on this website.
Dr. Videiko’s developed number of specialized courses, which reflect his interests in a Social Archaeology and a Copper Age cultures. Lately he teaches courses at the National Kyiv-Mohyla Academy to students of the Archaeological Magisterium. One course is under the title of “Trypillian proto civilization” and covers a period of Trypillian culture between 5400 – 2750 BC on the territory of present Ukraine. His second course is titled “The ancient Farming cultures in Ukraine” and covers the Neolithic and Copper Age cultures in Ukraine and the nearest territories between 6500 – 2750 BC.
Now he is working at “Borys Grinchenko” Kyiv University at Laboratory of Archaeology.
Publications (22)
2018. Mykhailo Videiko, Nataliia Burdo, Yevhen Sliesariev, Mariia Videiko Archaeological investigations near Trypillia in 2018
The article reports results of the 2018 archaeological season near the village of Trypillia (Kyiv Oblast), undertaken to relocate and document the culture’s eponymous site originally excavated by Vike...
2017. Archaeology. N. Burdo, M. Videiko RESEARCHER AND PROTECTOR OF TRYPILLIA
This commemorative article profiles Olena Yakubenko as a key specialist who combined Trypillia (Cucuteni–Trypillia) archaeological research with long-term museum stewardship of collections formed sinc...
2017. Archaeology. M. Videiko, N. Burdo, Ye. Sliesariev, Y. Muller, R. Hoffman, R. Ulrau Maidanetske 2016: excavations at a Trypillia Mega-site
The article reports results of the 2016 Ukrainian–German field season at the Trypillia mega-site of Maidanetske (Cherkasy region), combining new geomagnetic survey areas with targeted excavations in t...
2017. Publications. THE PAST SOCIETIES POLISH LANDS FROM THE FIRST EVIDENCE OF HUMAN PRESENCE TO THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES, Vol.2. 5500-2000 DC. Warszava, 2017
This review assesses the second volume of the English-language synthesis series "The Past Societies. Polish Lands from the First Evidence of Human Presence to the Early Middle Ages" (5500–2000 BC), ed...
2015-1. Introduction. Introduction
This introduction outlines the continued resilience and productivity of Trypillia (Cucuteni–Trypillia) research in Ukraine despite the previous year’s political and social upheavals. It highlights maj...
2014-5. Review. New geophysical plan of the Trypillia mega-site of Nebelivka
This review summarizes the creation of a new high-resolution geophysical (magnetometry) plan of the Trypillia mega-site of Nebelivka (Kirovohrad region, Ukraine), one of the largest fourth-millennium...
2014-5. Review. Maydanetskoe: Investigations, Based on Updated Plan
The article reports renewed excavations at the Trypillia mega-site of Maydanetskoe, integrating a 2011–2012 geomagnetic survey that estimates the settlement’s extent at c. 210 hectares. Targeted field...
2014-5. Review. Houses in the archaeolology of the Trypillia-Cucuteni groups
This review summarizes research on Trypillia–Cucuteni domestic architecture, emphasizing how excavations of burned and occasionally unburned houses have shaped interpretation of these Neolithic–Eneoli...
2014-3. History. Trypillian Expedition 1934-1940: 80 years of an important project
The article reconstructs the institutional and intellectual history of the Trypillian Expedition of the Institute of the History of Material Culture in Kyiv (1934–1940), emphasizing its scale and meth...
2014-1. Introduction. Introduction to Volume 2014
This introduction outlines the editorial and research agenda for the journal’s 2014 volume in the context of a difficult year for Ukraine, emphasizing the continuity of scholarly work. It highlights e...
2013-4. Review. Investigations of mega-structure at Trypillia Culture settlement near Nebelivka in 2012
The article reports the results of the 2012 British–Ukrainian field season at the Trypillia mega-site near Nebelivka, focused on excavating a large anomaly identified by magnetometry. Excavations conf...
2013-3. Events. Conference Trypillia Culture – 120 years, November 2013
This notice announces an international scientific conference marking the 120th anniversary of the discovery of the Trypillia (Cucuteni–Trypillia) culture in Ukraine, hosted by the Kyiv Regional Archae...
2013-1. Introduction. Introduction to Volume 2013
This editorial introduction frames the 2013 volume as a commemorative issue marking the 120th anniversary of Vikenty Khvoika’s 1893 discovery that brought the Trypillia (Tripillian) culture to broad s...
2012-4. Events. International workshop Chronologies, Lithics and Metals at Budapest
This event report summarizes the international workshop “Chronologies, Lithics and Metals” (Budapest, 30 March–1 April 2012), which addressed Late Neolithic and Copper Age research in the eastern Carp...
2012-2. Archaeology. THE NEW PROJECT STARTED: EARLY URBANISM IN PREHISTORIC EUROPE?
This project overview argues that Trypillia mega-sites in 4th millennium BC Ukraine—settlements up to c. 450 ha with 1,000–2,000 structures—are crucial but underused evidence for debates on early urba...
2012-1. Introduction. Introduction
This introductory note situates over a century of research on the Cucuteni-Trypillia (Trypillian) culture and emphasizes how ongoing excavations and reanalysis of legacy collections continue to revise...
2011-1. Introduction
This introduction announces the 2011 volume of The Trypillian Civilization Journal (TCJ) under new editorial management by Ukrainian archaeologists Natalia Burdo and Mykhailo Videiko, with technical s...
2010-1.Introduction: Trypillian Civilization in the prehistory of Europe
This introductory article situates the Cucuteni–Trypillia phenomenon within the broader “Old Europe” horizon (c. 6000–3000 BC) and challenges outdated stereotypes that Neolithic communities in Eastern...
2010-1.Introduction: The Trypillian culture. Introduction
This introductory article surveys the Cucuteni–Trypillia (Trypillian) culture as an early farming civilization that developed on the eastern edge of the Balkan agrarian world in the forest-steppe zone...
2010-2.Archaeology. Пошуки держави Аратти
The article critically examines popular claims that the world’s earliest “state of Aratta” existed in the Neolithic Danube–Balkan region and that its existence is proven by inscribed clay “tablets” al...
2010-4. Mythology. Тема Трипільської культури у сучасному “праісторичному” міфотворенні
The article analyzes how the Trypillia (Cucuteni–Trypillia) culture has become a key resource for contemporary “prehistoric” mythmaking in Ukraine and argues for a clear distinction between scientific...
2010-2.Archaeology. “Шумерський слід” в Трипільській архітектурі?
The article analyzes a series of ceramic models of temple-like buildings from S. Platonov’s collection, arguing that they significantly refine reconstructions of Late 5th–Early 4th millennium BCE Tryp...
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