Rescue excavations of the multi-layered settlement of Sharyn 3 were conducted prior to construction work at the highway Kyiv-Odesa. In 2003 this site was associated with the Late Tripolye settlement of Sharyn 1 that has been known since 1960’s (Kushtan 2005). Further work with field reports kept by the Scientific Archive of the Institute of Archaeology of the NAS of Ukraine has shown that it is a new site (re-labelled as Sharyn 3: see Kushtan 2006).
During the 2005 field season a total area of 258 sq. m. was excavated. The remains of one burnt house and two pit-houses of the Tripolye culture, four pits and one stone platform of the Bilogrudivska culture, as well as one pit of the Scythian time culture were investigated.
The Tripolye burnt dwelling had somewhat amorphous form that is typical for the late period of this culture. The measure of the compact cluster of the burnt daub is 7.5 × 2.0 m. Most probably, the remains of the house do not correspond to its original size. The two pit-houses meaure, respectively, 3.45 × 2.60 m and 4 × 3 m. The majority of the finds is represented by cooking wares. Table pottery that has monochromic black painted ornamentation is rare. Ceramic complex is typical for the Kocherzhyntsi-Shulgivka type dated to the beginning of Tripolye C II (Ryzhov 2003).
Bilogrudivska culture pits were bell-shaped in form. Their depth varies from 0.95 to 1.20m. The finds mostly include ceramic shreds, mainly representing the pots of S-shaped profiles. The stone platform measures 1.25 × 0.70 m. The stones have traces of fire. Archaeozoological collection exclusively includes bones of domestic animals.
One pit of the Scythian period contained the skull of a horse and the lower jaw of a bull, as well as a cluster of bones. Several ceramic sherds and half of a spindle were also found in this feature.
The Middle Bronze Age and Chrnyakhivska culture finds are represented by rare ceramic sherds that were found in cultural layer of the site.