This manuscript presents a study of a ritual site of the Trypillian Culture complex (tc) in western

Ukraine where material artefacts are found side-by-side with human and animal remains. The organic

content in pottery sherds made it possible to carbon date the ceramics found with bone remains, thus

allowing a reference point for carbon dating bone collagen. this allowed us to develop a comprehensive

chronology of the usage of the cave. Mitochondrial dna (mtdna) extracted from human remains shed

additional light on the history of the site’s occupation by early agrarians on the territory of Ukraine.