Ethnoarchaeology in the Balkans. A View from Bulgaria

Zidarov, Petar; Grębska-Kulow, Małgorzata

doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-9117-0_6

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“…The eastern route, the Struma corridor, provides an even more peculiar picture. This river valley, even since the Early Neolithic times, is believed to have played an important role in the initial spread of early farmers' life ways, from the Near East to the Balkans and further to Central Europe (Zidarov, Grębska-Kulova, 2013). In the middle course of this valley, unexpected archaeological sites have been identified.…”

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Interconnectivity of the Vardar and Struma river valleys. Some hints to the understanding of the south-eastern Balkans role in the 2nd millennium BC

Bahyrycz

2022

10.14746/fpp

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The Vardar and Struma rivers flow through the south-eastern Balkans, creating valleys which have been inhabited by human populations for thousands of years. From an archaeological perspective, from Neolithic times these corridors have long been considered crucial for establishing cultural, trade, and social networks, developed later by the emergence of cultural complexes of Late Bronze Age. This area was incorporated into wide archaeological frameworks of interregional interaction, namely – the world-system theory and its variants. The aim of this paper is an attempt to apply these theoretical models as well as concept of “contact space” to human interactions in the Vardar and Struma rivers’ valleys in the 2nd millennium BC. It analysis bases on tableware pottery evidences with data concerning presence of defensive outposts within easy to control mountainous paths, as well as chosen information deriving from funeral rites. These data may provide insights into the communication networks in south-eastern Balkans and mentioned river valleys may seem as an important area of mutual influences.

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Interconnectivity of the Vardar and Struma river valleys. Some hints to the understanding of the south-eastern Balkans role in the 2nd millennium BC

Bahyrycz

2022

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“…It began to be valued through significant approaches beginning in the 1980s (Nandris 1985(Nandris , 1987. Despite the progress, this potential is still far from being exhausted (Zidarov and Grębska-Kulow 2013). The importance of ethnoarchaeological research in these resilient areas is enormous for the proper understanding of many archaeological situations in Europe and beyond.…”

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confidence: 99%