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Research paper thumbnail of Микрорегионът на Хаджидимитрово, Ямболско, през VI и началото на V хил. пр. Хр.: археологически проучвания 2008 - 2021 г (The microregion of Hadzhidimitrovo, Yambol region, in the 6th and the early 5th millennia BC: archaeological research 2008-2021)

Археология, 2023

This article presents a study of two prehistoric sites located in a small micro-region in Southea... more This article presents a study of two prehistoric sites located in a small micro-region in Southeastern Bulgaria. A major contribution is the proposed local periodization of the Late Neolithic, based on the combination of relative chronology and 51 radiocarbon dates.

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Research paper thumbnail of KAZLACHA Neolithic circular ditched enclosures

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Research paper thumbnail of GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY NEAR THE VILLAGE OF HADZHIDIMITROVO YAMBOL DISTRICT

Археологически открития и разкопки, 2021

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Research paper thumbnail of ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH AT A FLINT PROCESSING CENTER (site A1/1) NEAR THE VILLAGE OF BELOGRADETS, VARNA REGION

Археологически открития и разкопки, 2021

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Research paper thumbnail of Palaeoenvironment during the Prehistoric and Ancient times in the area of the village of Gradishte, Shumen District

Списание на Българското геологическо дружество, Dec 1, 2022

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Research paper thumbnail of Chapter 7. Tell karanovo: the hiatus between the Late Copper and the Early Bronze Age

The Human Face of Radiocarbon, 2016

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Research paper thumbnail of ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH AT THE KAZLACHA COMPLEX OF CIRCULAR DITCHES

Археологически открития и разкопки, 2021

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Research paper thumbnail of RESCUE ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS AT THE SITE OF VALCHI DOL, VARNA DISTRICT

ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES AND EXCAVATIONS BOOK 1, 2020

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Research paper thumbnail of GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY NEAR THE VILLAGE OF HADZHIDIMITROVO, YAMBOL DISTRICT

ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES AND EXCAVATIONS BOOK 1, 2020

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Research paper thumbnail of RESCUE ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS AT THE GRADISHTE 3 SITE, SHUMEN DISTRICT, HEMUS MOTORWAY (323+100 - 323+400)

ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES AND EXCAVATIONS BOOK 1, 2020

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Research paper thumbnail of GEOMAGNETIC SURVEY OF AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE IN THE TERRITORY OF HADZHIDIMITROVO VILLAGE, TUNDZHA MUNICIPALITY

Arheologicheski otkritia i razkopki, 2019

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Research paper thumbnail of Археологически обекти от късната желязна епоха и ранното средновековие в м. Тандарски баир до с. Хаджидимитрово, Ямболско (Archaeological sites from the Late Iron Age and Early Medieval Period in Tandarski bair near Hadzhidimitrovo village, Yambol District)

Archaeological sites from the Late Bronze Age and Early Medieval Period, situated 13 km north-wes... more Archaeological sites from the Late Bronze Age and Early Medieval Period, situated 13 km north-west of Yambol town, are located over the northern slopes of Tandarski bair, directly north of Hadzhidimitrovo village. The excavations took place due to the development and construction of gas-station, truck parking and motel. A total of 11 dka, situated north of Trakia Highway, were examined.
Archaeological excavations were undertaken at the end of 2012 and in 2013. A total of 121 sondages were excavated. They measured 1.00 x 5.00 m and 0.50 x 5.00 m, and were oriented by the four cardinal points. The soil profile on the western border of the site included 5 stratigraphic layers (from the base upwards): sterile base with displacement around 5.00 – 5.50 m in north-east direction; brown colour, solid layer excluding artefacts (sondages 77, 77а, 78, 78а, 79, 79а), in which the structure from Early Medieval period was dug; gray-brown colour, solid layer with inclusions from small, isolated finds (sondages 54, 61, 62, 88, 93, 97), with thickness 0.40 – 0.50 m and dated to Late Iron Age; grey colour layer with inclusions from archaeological finds, measuring 0.30 – 0.40 m thick, covered the archaeological structures from the Late Iron Age and Early Medieval period; embankment, piled up during construction of Trakia Highway.
During the archaeological excavation, 15 pits and 5 concentrations of ceramic fragments and animal bones, dating to the Late Iron Age period were examined. The pits are mainly comprised of circular or oval hole, ranging in dimensions from 0.90 to 1.50 m. They have a bell-shape or conical section. The pottery found in them was both hand-made and wheel-made. The vessels are turned-conical, or shaped with a cylindrical neck, spherical belly and turned-conical bottom part. They are decorated with horizontal relief lines with holes, and oval-shaped relief protrusions or handles. Part of an amphora rim with stamp was found. The pits and the concentration of pottery fragments, animal bones and remains from wattle-and-daub constructions continued beyond the trench boundaries. The size and function of some of them remain unknown.
A damaged pit-house and one oven dug into the sterile layer were found from the Early Medieval Period. The oven is ovoid measuring 1.2 x 1.0 m. The maximum height of the oven is 0.85 m. In the northern part there is an oval entrance measuring 0.57 x 0.36 m. In front of it there is a 0.03 m step. The oven has two floors, a lower and upper floor are connected by a hole of irregular form, close to the oval measuring 0.32 x 0.40 m in size. The thickness of the layer between two floors varied from 0.08 to 0.26 m. On the periphery there are 4 holes with diameters between 0.08 and 0.10 m. The upper floor is 0.42 m high. Two stones and piece of brick were found on the bottom of upper floor. The bottom floor is 0.40 m high and 1.20 m in diameter. In it pieces of hand-made and wheel-made pottery were found.
Two graves were also examined. They belong to an infant and adult. The orientation is north-south. The grave of the infant is dug 0.30 m shallower than the adult grave. The dictation between the two graves pits is 0.15 m. The skeletons are orientated with the heads to the north. It is difficult to accurately date the graves due to the lack of artefacts contained within them.

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Research paper thumbnail of Development of the Chalcolithic ceramic assemblage of Tell Karanovo, Bulgarian Thrace

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Research paper thumbnail of Varna culture: an autonomous phenomenon or a local version of the Kodzhadermen-Gumelnitsa-Karanovo VІ cultural complex

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Research paper thumbnail of Geomagnitno kartirane na arheologicheski obekt Chokoba-Kazlacha, Slivensko

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Research paper thumbnail of Tell Karanovo the hiatus between the Late Copper and the Early Bronze Age

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Research paper thumbnail of The Late Chalcolithic from the third building level of tell Sadievo, Nova Zagora district

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Research paper thumbnail of Excavations at Kazlacha near the village of Chokoba, Sliven municipality

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Research paper thumbnail of Magnitno kartirane na arheologicheski landshaft v Kazlacha mezhdu s. Hadzidimitrovo, obshtina Tundzha l i s. Chokoba, obshtina Sliven

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Research paper thumbnail of Periodization and territorial coverage of culture Karanovo VI in Thrace

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Research paper thumbnail of Микрорегионът на Хаджидимитрово, Ямболско, през VI и началото на V хил. пр. Хр.: археологически проучвания 2008 - 2021 г (The microregion of Hadzhidimitrovo, Yambol region, in the 6th and the early 5th millennia BC: archaeological research 2008-2021)

Археология, 2023

This article presents a study of two prehistoric sites located in a small micro-region in Southea... more This article presents a study of two prehistoric sites located in a small micro-region in Southeastern Bulgaria. A major contribution is the proposed local periodization of the Late Neolithic, based on the combination of relative chronology and 51 radiocarbon dates.

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Research paper thumbnail of KAZLACHA Neolithic circular ditched enclosures

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Research paper thumbnail of GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY NEAR THE VILLAGE OF HADZHIDIMITROVO YAMBOL DISTRICT

Археологически открития и разкопки, 2021

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Research paper thumbnail of ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH AT A FLINT PROCESSING CENTER (site A1/1) NEAR THE VILLAGE OF BELOGRADETS, VARNA REGION

Археологически открития и разкопки, 2021

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Research paper thumbnail of Palaeoenvironment during the Prehistoric and Ancient times in the area of the village of Gradishte, Shumen District

Списание на Българското геологическо дружество, Dec 1, 2022

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Research paper thumbnail of Chapter 7. Tell karanovo: the hiatus between the Late Copper and the Early Bronze Age

The Human Face of Radiocarbon, 2016

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Research paper thumbnail of ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH AT THE KAZLACHA COMPLEX OF CIRCULAR DITCHES

Археологически открития и разкопки, 2021

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Research paper thumbnail of RESCUE ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS AT THE SITE OF VALCHI DOL, VARNA DISTRICT

ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES AND EXCAVATIONS BOOK 1, 2020

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Research paper thumbnail of GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY NEAR THE VILLAGE OF HADZHIDIMITROVO, YAMBOL DISTRICT

ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES AND EXCAVATIONS BOOK 1, 2020

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Research paper thumbnail of RESCUE ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS AT THE GRADISHTE 3 SITE, SHUMEN DISTRICT, HEMUS MOTORWAY (323+100 - 323+400)

ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES AND EXCAVATIONS BOOK 1, 2020

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Research paper thumbnail of GEOMAGNETIC SURVEY OF AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE IN THE TERRITORY OF HADZHIDIMITROVO VILLAGE, TUNDZHA MUNICIPALITY

Arheologicheski otkritia i razkopki, 2019

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Research paper thumbnail of Археологически обекти от късната желязна епоха и ранното средновековие в м. Тандарски баир до с. Хаджидимитрово, Ямболско (Archaeological sites from the Late Iron Age and Early Medieval Period in Tandarski bair near Hadzhidimitrovo village, Yambol District)

Archaeological sites from the Late Bronze Age and Early Medieval Period, situated 13 km north-wes... more Archaeological sites from the Late Bronze Age and Early Medieval Period, situated 13 km north-west of Yambol town, are located over the northern slopes of Tandarski bair, directly north of Hadzhidimitrovo village. The excavations took place due to the development and construction of gas-station, truck parking and motel. A total of 11 dka, situated north of Trakia Highway, were examined.
Archaeological excavations were undertaken at the end of 2012 and in 2013. A total of 121 sondages were excavated. They measured 1.00 x 5.00 m and 0.50 x 5.00 m, and were oriented by the four cardinal points. The soil profile on the western border of the site included 5 stratigraphic layers (from the base upwards): sterile base with displacement around 5.00 – 5.50 m in north-east direction; brown colour, solid layer excluding artefacts (sondages 77, 77а, 78, 78а, 79, 79а), in which the structure from Early Medieval period was dug; gray-brown colour, solid layer with inclusions from small, isolated finds (sondages 54, 61, 62, 88, 93, 97), with thickness 0.40 – 0.50 m and dated to Late Iron Age; grey colour layer with inclusions from archaeological finds, measuring 0.30 – 0.40 m thick, covered the archaeological structures from the Late Iron Age and Early Medieval period; embankment, piled up during construction of Trakia Highway.
During the archaeological excavation, 15 pits and 5 concentrations of ceramic fragments and animal bones, dating to the Late Iron Age period were examined. The pits are mainly comprised of circular or oval hole, ranging in dimensions from 0.90 to 1.50 m. They have a bell-shape or conical section. The pottery found in them was both hand-made and wheel-made. The vessels are turned-conical, or shaped with a cylindrical neck, spherical belly and turned-conical bottom part. They are decorated with horizontal relief lines with holes, and oval-shaped relief protrusions or handles. Part of an amphora rim with stamp was found. The pits and the concentration of pottery fragments, animal bones and remains from wattle-and-daub constructions continued beyond the trench boundaries. The size and function of some of them remain unknown.
A damaged pit-house and one oven dug into the sterile layer were found from the Early Medieval Period. The oven is ovoid measuring 1.2 x 1.0 m. The maximum height of the oven is 0.85 m. In the northern part there is an oval entrance measuring 0.57 x 0.36 m. In front of it there is a 0.03 m step. The oven has two floors, a lower and upper floor are connected by a hole of irregular form, close to the oval measuring 0.32 x 0.40 m in size. The thickness of the layer between two floors varied from 0.08 to 0.26 m. On the periphery there are 4 holes with diameters between 0.08 and 0.10 m. The upper floor is 0.42 m high. Two stones and piece of brick were found on the bottom of upper floor. The bottom floor is 0.40 m high and 1.20 m in diameter. In it pieces of hand-made and wheel-made pottery were found.
Two graves were also examined. They belong to an infant and adult. The orientation is north-south. The grave of the infant is dug 0.30 m shallower than the adult grave. The dictation between the two graves pits is 0.15 m. The skeletons are orientated with the heads to the north. It is difficult to accurately date the graves due to the lack of artefacts contained within them.

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Research paper thumbnail of Development of the Chalcolithic ceramic assemblage of Tell Karanovo, Bulgarian Thrace

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Research paper thumbnail of Geomagnitno kartirane na arheologicheski obekt Chokoba-Kazlacha, Slivensko

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Research paper thumbnail of Tell Karanovo the hiatus between the Late Copper and the Early Bronze Age

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Research paper thumbnail of Periodization and territorial coverage of culture Karanovo VI in Thrace

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Research paper thumbnail of KAZLACHA Neolithic circular ditched enclosures of the early sixth millennium BC in Southeast Bulgaria

This communication presents the results of the first stage of the excavations of a new archaeolog... more This communication presents the results of the first stage of the excavations of a new archaeological site – Kazlacha, which is located in Southeastern Bulgaria. It was registered as a result of a large-scale geophysical survey. The site represents a concentration of five circular ditched enclosures dating from the first half of the 6th millennium BC. They are built one after the other, partially overlapping.

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