Технология на изграждане на среднохалколитна къща от Провадия-Солницата

Building Technology of a Middle Chalcolithic House from Provadia-Solnitsata

Abstract

In the last few archaeological seasons, a section of the Middle Chalcolithic layer has been explored in the southern part of the settlement mound at Provadia-Solnitsata. Three chronologically successive structures have been documented, the remains of which partially overlap. The latest of the three houses (Structure 17), existing at the end of the middle Chalcolithic period (around 4650 BCE), was destroyed as a result of a devastating fire caused by a strong earthquake. It represents an independent duplex structure located in close proximity to the defensive stone wall, east of the southern entrance to the fortress. The well-preserved remains of this house provide an opportunity to extract information about the architecture, construction technologies, and interior. The article focuses on the construction method and the construction technologies used for the elements of the structure. Differences in the construction of the two rooms are presented, as well as the difference in the construction technologies applied to each of the walls, the method of building the floors, and the technique used to level the terrain by filling in irregularities.