The Proto-Bulgarian necropolis near Balchik
Language: Bulgarian with summaries in English

Table of contents /summaries/

Introduction

Chapter One. The Necropolis

Topography

Funerary rites and burial structures

Cremation burials

Group 1. Pits

Group 2. Chambers

Group 3. “Unclassified” graves

Inhumation burials

Group 1. Pits

Group 2. Pits covered with stones

Group 3. Pits partially surrounded with stones

Group 4. Pits partially surrounded and covered with stones

Group 5. Pits tightly surrounded with stones

Group 6. Pits tightly surrounded and covered with stones (cist-graves)

Positions of the skeletal remains in the inhumation graves

Orientation

Superpositions

Double graves

Rites against revenants and diseases

Anthropological data

Animal bones in the graves

Reconstruction of the funeral rite

Chapter Two. Grave Inventory

Items of everyday use

Pottery

Pots

Pots of sandy clay with incised decoration

Pots of pure clay with polished decoration

Jugs

Pitchers

Amphora-shaped pitcher

Amphorae?

Bowls

Cups

Data on the technology of the pottery from the necropolis

Signs on the pottery

Chemical composition of clays Analyses

Metalwork for wooden vessels

Ironwork of buckets and cups

Fragments of glasses

Knifes

Pruning knife

Chisels

Nails

Pin

Staples and wedges

Steel for flint

Flint

Small whetstone

Jewelry

Earrings

Beads

Pendants (Medallions)

Bracelets

Clothing accessories

Belt buckles

Hinged belt loop

Belt mounts with nails and rivets

Rings

Horse trappings

Button/appliqué

Detail of a bridle

Weapon

Arrow tips

Dagger (?)

Аmulets

Tinkler

Fragmentary iron artefacts in the graves

Talus bones

Bone horns

Cauri shells

Chapter Three. On the Date of the Necropolis

Instead Of A Conclusion: On the Proto-Bulgarians and the Necropolis near Balchik

Bibliography

Catalogue

Tables

Summary in English

Suplement

Burried in the Necropolis — Anthropological Evidences

Demographic characteristics of the population from the necropolis

Features of the physical appearance and development of the buried in the necropolis

Pathological changes on investigated skeletal remains

Pathological changes on the dentition

Degenerative joint disease development

Cribrotic changes

Traces from infectious diseases

Data about neoplasm

Different conditions

Trauma

Conclusion

Bibliography

Individual analysis of anthropological material from the graves

Buried in the necropolis — anthropological evidences (summary)

Charred Wood Analys from an Medieval Necropolis in Balchik

Прабългарският некропол при Балчик

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