Volyn’s archeological expedition continued investigation at the archeological site of ShankivYar. Part of area XXII a square M–Н–O 80m in length was investigated, over an area of 510 m2.An Early Iron Age building was found, along with buildings of the Pomors’ko-Klyoshova culture, three buildings of the Wielbark culture and two buildings of the Kyiv Rus period. The house of the Pomors’ko-Klyoshova culture was square,2 × 2,5 m in size and0,5 m deep, and was oriented to the cardinal points. There were two postholes near the north wall. Pottery was typical of thePomors’ko-Klyoshova, Zarubynets’ka and Jastorfs’ka culture.
All the buildings of the Wielbark culture are laid out in two lines. The distance between buildings is 5–10 m, and 6–8 m apart. A street stretches from the edge of the shore perpendicular to the river. The buildings were sunken-floored buildings, 3–3,5 × 4,5–4,8 m in size, with floors 0,5 – 0,65m deep. They were rectangular in shape with rounded corners and were oriented to the cardinal points. Тhere were continental clays along the long walls in building 103. Near the continental clays was found postholes especially in the corners of building 103 and building 107. They were situated at the corners and at the middle of the opposite walls. There were no postholes in building 105. Foundations of stove-benchs were found in building 103. There was around basement pit in the one of the corners of building 107, 1, 3 m in diameter and 0, 33 m depth. There were many sherds in all buildings. A silver Roman denarius, abone polisher,a fragment of the blade of knife and a biconical black – polished spindle whorl were recovered.
There was of a bronze fibula without its pinand spring, an iron knife, a fragment of an iron fibula with a pin, a fragment of the back of a bone comb with a solar sign, an iron awl and bone awl. Building 107 was occupied during the first phase of theWielbark culture at the Volyn (the end of the 2nd– first half of the 3rd cent. AD).Building103 is dated later . There were a few sherds of gray-polished wheel bowls of provincial – Roman types (middle 3rd century AD). The latest building was 105. There was a small amount of wheel – made pottery of Chernyakhiv’ska culture (second half 3rd century AD – first half 4th century AD) in the fill of this building.