Taras Tkachuk

Taras Tkachuk (; 6 February 1960) is a Ukrainian historian, archaeologist, cultural critic, researcher of Trypillian ornamentation, Candidate of Historical Sciences. Member of the European Association of Archaeologists.

Biography Taras Tkachuk was born on 6 February 1960 in Lviv.

In 1987, he graduated from the Faculty of History of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, and in 1995 he completed his postgraduate studies at the Institute of Archeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. In 1985–1992, he worked as a senior laboratory assistant at the Institute of Archeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and from 1996 he has been the head of the Archeology Department of the Ancient Halych National Reserve.

Participant in archaeological research, particularly at Trypillian settlements, including: , Bodaky, , Odaiv, Talianky, Verteba Cave, and others. During 1999–2002, he studied the multilayered settlement of Bilshivtsi, located in the Kuty tract. As a member of the expedition of the National Reserve "Ancient Halych" he researches Trypillian settlements. In July 2022, he led an expedition that discovered ceramics and other household items from the Early Trypillian period (mid-5th millennium BC) during excavations between the villages of and Krylos.

In 2003-2004 he was a Fulbright Program (curated by Ian Hodder). While studying in the United States, he studied the prehistoric Anasazi Indian culture. archaeology of Southwest Europe, semiotics , philosophy and methodology of science. Biały Potok. Materiały z badań Józefa Kostrzewskiego na Podolu (2016, co-author) Багатошарове поселення Більшівці (ур. Кути) на Верхньому Подністров'ї. Збори П. Перекліти. Дослідження 1999 р. T. 1. (1999, co-author), Т. 2. (2018, co-author), Ч. 3. (2020, co-author) Багатошарове поселення Більшівці (ур. Кути) на Верхньому Подністров'ї (дослідження 2002, 2005 рр) (2022) Багатошарове поселення Більшівці (ур. Кути) на Верхньому Подністров'ї. Дослідження 2006 року (2023)