Early Neolithic settlement Ilindentsi in the Middle Struma valley, south–western Bulgaria: spatial organization and pottery

Authors

  • Małgorzata Grębska-Kulow Regional Museum of History Blagoevgrad, 1 Rila Str., 2700 Blagoevgrad https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8812-5200
  • Petar Zidarov University of Tübingen, Institute of Prehistory, Early History and Medieval Archaeology, Schloss Hohentübingen, 72070 Tübingen https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9968-7786

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.57573/be-ja.10.167-204

Keywords:

Neolithic, settlement, architecture, pottery, acculturation, south–eastern Europe

Abstract

The article offers new data on the Neolithisation process in the Struma valley and the Central Balkans based on recent research at the Early Neolithic settlement Ilindentsi in southwestern Bulgaria. The settlement was inhabited during the second half of the Early Neolithic. The stratigraphic analysis points to at least two main periods, which belong respectively to the Early Neolithic (Ilindentsi I) and the Middle Neolithic (Ilindentsi II). The entire ceramic assemblage shows a very smooth transition from the Early to the Middle Neolithic with two transitional stages of the final Early Neolithic – Ilindentsi FEN I and Ilindentsi FEN II.
The results of this multidisciplinary study show the complexity of the processes related to the Neolithisation of this part of southeast Europe and the diversity of factors influencing the foundation and development of Ilindentsi, as well as its place in the network of early Neolithic settlements in the Balkans.

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Published

2020-12-24

How to Cite

Grębska-Kulow, M. and Zidarov, P. (2020) “Early Neolithic settlement Ilindentsi in the Middle Struma valley, south–western Bulgaria: spatial organization and pottery”, Bulgarian e-Journal of Archaeology | Българско е-Списание за Археология, 10(2), pp. 167–204. doi: 10.57573/be-ja.10.167-204.

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 2 (2020)

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