The Ezero Mound in South-East Bulgaria
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4920825 |
|---|---|
| Authors | G I Georgiev, Галин Георгиев (corresponding author), N J Merpert |
| Year | 1966 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 157 |
| Pages | 33-37 |
| Publication date | 1966-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003598x00032075 |
| OpenAlex | W2287673150 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 1 |
Very little work has so far been done on the Bronze Age in South-East Bulgaria. This is an area which is of the greatest importance in the prehistory of South-Eastern Europe, a fact which has been often stressed by archaeologists working in the Eastern Mediterranean [I]. Geographically linked closely to Asia Minor and the Mediterranean lands, and especially to the Troad, South-East Bulgaria should provide important data for the establishment of relations between these lands in the Bronze Age. With these aims in mind the village settlement of Ezero, a site which even before excavation was obviously one of many periods, presented itself clearly as a place for excavation. Ezero, also known as Dipsis, is 3 km. south-east of Nova Zagora: it is not far from the well-known settlement site of Karanovo and 24 km. from the Azmak mound described in a recent number of this journal [2]. Preliminary excavations carried out from 1952-8 at Ezero showed that the settlement had a great thickness of occupation levels dating from the Early Bronze Age. Systematic excavation was restarted in 1961 and continued in 1963 and 1964.The site is bordered by swampy ground and large open water-meadows. The damp, easily worked soil was well suited to primitive agriculture, and the meadows to stock-rearing
Archaeology · Bronze Age · Excavation · Geography · Human settlement · Mediterranean climate · Prehistory · Settlement (finance) · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Marine and environmental studies
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
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| Citation span | 1970 - 1984 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |