Economy of the Cucuteni–Trypillia culture

The economy of the Trypillia mega-sites was based on an advanced farming system. The inhabitants grew crops that could survive in the forest steppe, an area where it is often very dry. It is suggested that the large number of people living in these mega-sites changed the landscape, moving from woodlands and forests to grasslands and steppes. Maybe the Trypillia way of cultivation facilitated the development of the cultural steppe that we see today in this region.

Near the end it began to change from a gift economy to an early form of trade called reciprocity, and introduced the apparent use of barter tokens, an early form of money.

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