New perspectives on the Varna cemetery (Bulgaria) – AMS dates and social implications

Autor:	Bisserka Gaydarska, Vladimir Slavchev, Noah V. Honch, John Chapman, Branimira Dimitrova, Yordan Yordanov, Thomas Higham
Rok vydání:	2007
Předmět:	Archeology History law General Arts and Humanities Chalcolithic Radiocarbon dating Ancient history Archaeology law.invention
Zdroj:	Antiquity. 81:640-654
ISSN:	1745-1744 0003-598X
DOI:	10.1017/s0003598x00095636
Popis:	The research team of this new project has begun the precision radiocarbon dating of the super-important Copper Age cemetery at Varna. These first dates show the cemetery in use from 4560-4450 BC, with the possibility that the richer burials are earlier and the poor burials later in the sequence. The limited number of lavish graves at Varna, representing no more than a handful of paramount chiefs, buried over 50-60 years, suggests a stabilisation of the new social structure by the early part of the Late Copper Age.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
Externí odkaz:	https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::5c8a1a939532d7f33ed8c2efc64565c6 https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00095636 Zobrazit plný text záznamu