The social context of the emergence, development and abandonment of the Varna cemetery, Bulgaria

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ID5776439
AutoresJohn Chapman (0009-0002-9645-5634), T F G Higham (0000-0002-5949-598X, University of Oxford), Tom Higham, Vladimir Slavchev (0000-0002-6369-4527, Varna Free University), Bisserka Gaydarska (0000-0002-6236-872X, Durham University), Noah V Honch (University of Oxford), Noah Honch
Ano2006
Volume9
Fascículo2-3
Páginas159-183
Data de publicação2006-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEuropean Journal of Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1461-9571 • E-ISSN: 1741-2722
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1461957107086121
OpenAlexW2155635066
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas24
Referências citadas23

In this article we outline some of the key characteristics of the social structure of the Climax Copper Age in the eastern Balkans and the contributions of the Varna cemetery to those developments. We continue by examining the implications of the new series of 21 AMS dates from the Oxford Radiocarbon Laboratory, which represent the first dates for the Varna Eneolithic cemetery on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. Representing the first phase of the AMS dating project for the Varna I cemetery, these dates have been selected to provide a range of different grave locations, ranges of grave goods, and age/gender associations. We conclude by addressing the question of the unexpectedly early start of the cemetery, as well as its apparently short duration and relatively rapid demise

Abandonment (legal · Black sea · Bulgarian · Chalcolithic · Climax · Demise · Grave goods · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology