The study focus on the region of South Bulgaria during the Neolithic period, with particular reference to the settlements, their form, distribution and intra-site organization. The study aims at better understanding of the variability in the habitation patterns and the organization of the early farmers in this particular region. To this end general characteristic of the environment and the landscape will be taken into consideration. Details regarding material culture and architectural remains will be also presented. Material culture will be further examined in order to approach the issues of interaction of early farming communities on intra- and inter-regional level.
In this Master thesis general approach of the region and the introductory review of the Neolithic cultures in south Bulgaria will be followed by a detail presentation of the representative Neolithic settlements for each of the three geographical areas under study, namely south-west, south-central and south-east Bulgaria. The settlements were selected primarily according to the amount and the quality of the available published data. Finally, answering to specific queries, there will be an attempt to reach some preliminary conclusions about the development of early farming communities in South Bulgaria, their interconnections and social organization.
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