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
Año2006
Volumen9
Número2-3
Páginas159-183
Fecha de publicación2006-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEuropean Journal of Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1461-9571 • E-ISSN: 1741-2722
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1461957107086121
OpenAlexW2155635066
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas24
Referencias 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