Prehistoric Mining and Metallurgy at the Southeast Bulgarian Black Sea Coast (RessourcenKulturen Band 12)
Category: prehistory
Language: English

 

   This volume presents the results of research on pre-industrial mining in the region along the south-eastern Bulgarian Black Sea coast. During rescue excavations some prehistoric settlements with traces of early of copper processing were uncovered. This initiated a thorough investigation of the copper ore deposits of Burgas, Rosen and Medni Rid that were mined until recently. The research results include an overview of the archaeological research along the southern Bulgarian coastal zone of the Black Sea and the now flooded sites in its shore area. The timeframe ranges from the earliest use of metals in the 5th millennium BC to the period of the ‘Greek Colonisation’ and later.

 

Contents

Preface

Introduction

K. Dimitrov. Notes on the Landscape and Geology of the Investigated Area South of Burgas

R. Krauss. The Eastern Balkans in the Neolithic and Chalcolithic

R. Kunze, E. Pernicka. The Beginning of Copper and Gold Metallurgy in the Old World

I. Archaeology of the Coastal Area in Southeast Bulgaria

P. Leshtakov, M. Klasnakov et al. The Prehistoric Site Akladi Cheiri, Chernomorets

R. Zlateva. Results of the Technological, Typological and Raw Material Analysis of Chipped Stone Assemblages from Akladi Cheiri, Chernomorets

T. Rehren, P. Penkova et al. The Chalcolithic Copper Smelting at Akladi Cheiri

N. Spassov, N. Iliev. Analyses of Bone Remains from Wild and Domestic Animals from the Prehistoric Site Akladi Cheiri, Chernomorets. Late Neolithic, Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Ages

E. Marinova. Wood Constructional Elements and Archaeobotanical Evidence from the Late Neolithic to Early Chalcolithic Well of Akladi Cheiri, South-Eastern Bulgaria

R. Krauss, Z. Tsirtsoni et al. Absolute Chronology of the Excavated Features at Akladi Cheiri and the Beginning of Copper Metallurgy in the Eastern Balkans

K. Dimitrov, V. Draganov et al. Submerged Prehistoric Settlements along the South Bulgarian Black Sea Coast

M. Damyanov, K. Panayotova. Apollonia Pontica and the South-Western Black Sea Coast in the Thracian and Antique Periods (Late 2nd Millennium BC to Early 1st Millennium AD)

II. Investigations in the Rosen (Medni Rid), Zidarovo and Varli Bryag Ore Fields

T. Rödel. Geology of the Region

R. Kunze, P. Leshtakov et al. Results of the Field Survey in Combination with LiDAR Laser Scanning in the Medni Rid Area

P. Leshtakov, K. Dimitrov et al. Catalogue of Investigated Archaeological Sites and Mining Places

R. Kunze, E. Pernicka. Pre-Industrial Mining in Medni Rid. Geochemical Analyses

R. Krauss, E. Pernicka et al. The Transregional Significance of the South-East Bulgarian Copper Deposits

 

Details
Publisher Tübingen University Press
Language English
Pages 500
Illustrations b/w and color figures, maps
Binding paperback
ISBN 978-3-947251-27-8
Creation date 2020
Size 21 x 29 cm

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