ABSTRACT
Archaeological study in Kiev goes back over 150 years, and the significant quantities of material collected in that time mean that it is possible to piece together the main facts about Kiev's urban development during the middle Ages. Archaeology can add to the body of knowledge already provided by written sources, topographical data, and toponymy, but it is now taking place against the background of a rapidly expanding modern city which has lost virtually its entire original urban plan. Many more were to be built in and around Kiev during the next century or so and a selection of their ground plans, derived from both archaeological excavation and standing structures, has been brought together in one comparative figure which demonstrates their strong generic relationship. Archaeological excavations in Yaroslav's City carried out over a long period have made possible a thorough study of the residential buildings of the 11th to 13th centuries.
