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New study reveals Chalcolithic cornets were likely beeswax lamps made by ritual participants themselves, challenging standard models of ancient ceramic production. #Archaeology #Chalcolithic #RitualObject https://www.anthropology.net/p/when-everyone-brought-their-own-light
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From the Fifth Millennium in the Balkans, the time and place of the first metallurgy in the world.
Copper chisels, a copper needle, and a bone needle.
Grave goods.
Found in low parts of the eastern Balkan Mountain Range (near the village of Tranak, Ruen municipality, Bulgaria).
The picture was taken at tonight's opening of the exhibition Bulgarian Archaeology 2025, Museum of Archaeology, Sofia, Bulgaria.#Archaeology
#BalkanArchaeology
#BalkanPrehistory
#BulgarianPrehistory
#Chalcolithic
#CopperAge
#Eneolithic
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From the Fifth Millennium in the Balkans, the time and place of the first metallurgy in the world.
Copper chisels, a copper needle, and a bone needle.
Grave goods.
Found in low parts of the eastern Balkan Mountain Range (near the village of Tranak, Ruen municipality, Bulgaria).
The picture was taken at tonight's opening of the exhibition Bulgarian Archaeology 2025, Museum of Archaeology, Sofia, Bulgaria.#Archaeology
#BalkanArchaeology
#BalkanPrehistory
#BulgarianPrehistory
#Chalcolithic
#CopperAge
#Eneolithic
#Prehistory -
From the Fifth Millennium in the Balkans, the time and place of the first metallurgy in the world.
Copper chisels, a copper needle, and a bone needle.
Grave goods.
Found in low parts of the eastern Balkan Mountain Range (near the village of Tranak, Ruen municipality, Bulgaria).
The picture was taken at tonight's opening of the exhibition Bulgarian Archaeology 2025, Museum of Archaeology, Sofia, Bulgaria.#Archaeology
#BalkanArchaeology
#BalkanPrehistory
#BulgarianPrehistory
#Chalcolithic
#CopperAge
#Eneolithic
#Prehistory -
From the Fifth Millennium in the Balkans, the time and place of the first metallurgy in the world.
Copper chisels, a copper needle, and a bone needle.
Grave goods.
Found in low parts of the eastern Balkan Mountain Range (near the village of Tranak, Ruen municipality, Bulgaria).
The picture was taken at tonight's opening of the exhibition Bulgarian Archaeology 2025, Museum of Archaeology, Sofia, Bulgaria.#Archaeology
#BalkanArchaeology
#BalkanPrehistory
#BulgarianPrehistory
#Chalcolithic
#CopperAge
#Eneolithic
#Prehistory -
From the Fifth Millennium in the Balkans, the time and place of the first metallurgy in the world.
Copper chisels, a copper needle, and a bone needle.
Grave goods.
Found in low parts of the eastern Balkan Mountain Range (near the village of Tranak, Ruen municipality, Bulgaria).
The picture was taken at tonight's opening of the exhibition Bulgarian Archaeology 2025, Museum of Archaeology, Sofia, Bulgaria.#Archaeology
#BalkanArchaeology
#BalkanPrehistory
#BulgarianPrehistory
#Chalcolithic
#CopperAge
#Eneolithic
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🇧🇬 **Mystery of the Varna Gold: What Caused These Ancient Societies to Disappear?**
"_Treasure found in prehistoric graves in Bulgaria is the first evidence of social hierarchy, but no one knows what caused the civilization’s decline_"
#History #Histodons #Chalcolithic #Gold #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Bulgaria #Europe
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Archaeoethnologica: Studia Praehistorica Nº 19 - 2025
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#Archaeology #Prehistory #Chalcolithic #BronzeAge #EastEurope #Balcans #materialculture #settlement #agriculture #ritual #caves #funerary #journals #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Studia Praehistorica Nº 19 - 2025
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#Archaeology #Prehistory #Chalcolithic #BronzeAge #EastEurope #Balcans #materialculture #settlement #agriculture #ritual #caves #funerary #journals #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Studia Praehistorica Nº 19 - 2025
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#Archaeology #Prehistory #Chalcolithic #BronzeAge #EastEurope #Balcans #materialculture #settlement #agriculture #ritual #caves #funerary #journals #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Studia Praehistorica Nº 19 - 2025
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#Archaeology #Prehistory #Chalcolithic #BronzeAge #EastEurope #Balcans #materialculture #settlement #agriculture #ritual #caves #funerary #journals #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Studia Praehistorica Nº 19 - 2025
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#Archaeology #Prehistory #Chalcolithic #BronzeAge #EastEurope #Balcans #materialculture #settlement #agriculture #ritual #caves #funerary #journals #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Studia Praehistorica Nº 19 - 2025
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#Archaeology #Prehistory #Chalcolithic #BronzeAge #EastEurope #Balcans #materialculture #settlement #agriculture #ritual #caves #funerary #journals #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Studia Praehistorica Nº 19 - 2025
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#Archaeology #Prehistory #Chalcolithic #BronzeAge #EastEurope #Balcans #materialculture #settlement #agriculture #ritual #caves #funerary #journals #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Studia Praehistorica Nº 19 - 2025
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#Archaeology #Prehistory #Chalcolithic #BronzeAge #EastEurope #Balcans #materialculture #settlement #agriculture #ritual #caves #funerary #journals #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Studia Praehistorica Nº 19 - 2025
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#Archaeology #Prehistory #Chalcolithic #BronzeAge #EastEurope #Balcans #materialculture #settlement #agriculture #ritual #caves #funerary #journals #openaccess
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5,500-year-old ceremonial site unearthed in Jordan reveals how ancient societies adapted to crisis
Archaeologists from the University of Copenhagen have uncovered a vast Early Bronze Age ritual landscape at Murayghat in central Jordan, offering fresh insights into how early communities responded to major social and environmental changes more than 5,000 years ago...
More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/10/5000-year-old-ceremonial-site-unearthed-in-jordan/
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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #bronzeage #chalcolithic
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Perforated Furnace Metallurgy in the Final Neolithic Aegean - Papers in Aegean Archaeology Vol. 3, pp.21-32 #Neolithic #Chalcolithic #PerforatedFurnace https://www.torrossa.com/en/resources/an/5656308#modal-media-readonline-5656308
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Oldest hippopotamus ivory object unearthed in Iberian Peninsula reveals Copper Age trade
Archaeologists have unearthed the oldest hippopotamus ivory artifact in the Iberian Peninsula, confirming the presence of long-distance relations in the Mediterranean area more than 4,000 years ago...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/09/oldest-hippopotamus-ivory-object-in-catalonia/
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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #CopperAge #hippopotamus #chalcolithic
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Copper Age infant discovered in Italian well reveals rare genetic origins
Archaeologists in northeastern Italy have discovered a remarkable find in a well near Faenza, close to Ravenna: the highly degraded remains of an infant who lived 4,000 to 5,000 years ago and belonged to the Copper Age...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/07/copper-age-infant-discovered-in-italian-well/
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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #anthropology #CopperAge #chalcolithic
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Valencina: a sustainable, egalitarian mega-village of the Copper Age
New excavation of the Valencina de la Concepción Chalcolithic site in Seville, Spain, is defying old assumptions regarding its purpose and social structure...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/04/valencina-a-sustainable-egalitarian-mega-village/
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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #chalcolithic #CopperAge
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Schematic Rock Art and Communication Routes on the Iberian Peninsula [pdf 11pp] #RockArt #neolithic #chalcolithic #iberia #LandscapeArchaeology https://www.academia.edu/27465390/A_Mark_along_the_Way_Schematic_Rock_Art_and_Communication_Routes
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'more chalcolithic than previously thought’…
Reconstructing the invention of the wheel using computational structural analysis and design [pdf 20pp] #neolithic #CarpathianRollerHypothesis #chalcolithic https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.240373
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Rock Art of Armenia [pdf 30pp - dozens of images] #RockArt #petroglyphs #neolithic #chalcolithic #megalithic https://combao.bao.am/AllIssues/2024/96-125.pdf
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Trialeti Rock Art Site Complex : Change and Continuity from Pre-Historic to Historical Periods [text/pdf 16pp] #RockArt #Caucasus #mesolithic #neolithic #chalcolithic https://rockartresearch.com/index.php/rock/article/view/505
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Human-Shaped Vessels from the Neolithic to the end of the EBA in Anatolia [pdf 20pp] #neolithic #chalcolithic #EarlyBronzeAge #Anatolia https://iupress.istanbul.edu.tr/en/journal/anar/article/human-shaped-vessels-from-the-neolithic-to-the-end-of-the-eba-in-anatolia
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Archaeoethnologica: SPAL Nº 33/1 - 2024
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#Archaeology #protohistory #prehistory #classicalarchaeology #journals #openaccess #BronzeAge #IronAge #Iberia #Rome #Greece #iberians #chalcolithic #phoenicians
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The visual landscape of rock art in Qeydu Valley in Teymare in the Central Iranian Plateau [pdf 31pp] #RockArt #petroglyphs #chalcolithic #Parthian #Sassanid #Islamic https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212054824000432
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The visual landscape of rock art in Qeydu Valley in Teymare in the Central Iranian Plateau [pdf 31pp] #RockArt #petroglyphs #chalcolithic #Parthian #Sassanid #Islamic https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212054824000432
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The visual landscape of rock art in Qeydu Valley in Teymare in the Central Iranian Plateau [pdf 31pp] #RockArt #petroglyphs #chalcolithic #Parthian #Sassanid #Islamic https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212054824000432
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The visual landscape of rock art in Qeydu Valley in Teymare in the Central Iranian Plateau [pdf 31pp] #RockArt #petroglyphs #chalcolithic #Parthian #Sassanid #Islamic https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212054824000432
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The visual landscape of rock art in Qeydu Valley in Teymare in the Central Iranian Plateau [pdf 31pp] #RockArt #petroglyphs #chalcolithic #Parthian #Sassanid #Islamic https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212054824000432
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Late Prehistoric statue-menhir at Cruz de Cepos, NE Portugal [pdf 25pp] #RockArt #petroglyph #menhir #chalcolithic #BronzeAge #iberia https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1871101424000736
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Archaeoethnologica: Analecta Archaeologica Ressoviensia Nº 18 - 2023
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#Archaeoloty #prehistory #protohistory #medievalarchaeology #CucuteniTripolye #neolithic #drugs #journals #openaccess #Linearbandkeramik #chalcolithic #pottery #EastEurope
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Archaeoethnologica: Analecta Archaeologica Ressoviensia Nº 18 - 2023
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#Archaeoloty #prehistory #protohistory #medievalarchaeology #CucuteniTripolye #neolithic #drugs #journals #openaccess #Linearbandkeramik #chalcolithic #pottery #EastEurope
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Archaeoethnologica: Analecta Archaeologica Ressoviensia Nº 18 - 2023
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#Archaeoloty #prehistory #protohistory #medievalarchaeology #CucuteniTripolye #neolithic #drugs #journals #openaccess #Linearbandkeramik #chalcolithic #pottery #EastEurope
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Archaeoethnologica: Analecta Archaeologica Ressoviensia Nº 18 - 2023
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#Archaeoloty #prehistory #protohistory #medievalarchaeology #CucuteniTripolye #neolithic #drugs #journals #openaccess #Linearbandkeramik #chalcolithic #pottery #EastEurope
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Archaeoethnologica: Production & Consume in Chacolithic & Bronze Age / Produção e Consumo no Calcolítico e Bronze
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#Archaeology #Chalcolithic #BronzeAge #Prehistory #prehistoricarchaeology #Congress #CallforPapers #Iberia
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Archaeoethnologica: Production & Consume in Chacolithic & Bronze Age / Produção e Consumo no Calcolítico e Bronze
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#Archaeology #Chalcolithic #BronzeAge #Prehistory #prehistoricarchaeology #Congress #CallforPapers #Iberia
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‘none more red’ story of the week…
Ancient Iberians Ingested Red Dust Loaded With Mind-Altering Mercury #chalcolithic #cinnabar #acrodynia https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ancient-iberians-ingested-red-dust-loaded-with-mind-altering-mercury-180983889/
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The #excavation at the Gird-i-Dasht tell in the Autonomous Region of #Kurdistan in northern #Iraq is completed. Cluster Roots member Tim Kerig explains some preliminary results.
#archaeology #UniStavanger #UniKiel #SoranUniversity #Chalcolithic #FromMoundtoCave -
The #excavation at the Gird-i-Dasht tell in the Autonomous Region of #Kurdistan in northern #Iraq is completed. Cluster Roots member Tim Kerig explains some preliminary results.
#archaeology #UniStavanger #UniKiel #SoranUniversity #Chalcolithic #FromMoundtoCave -
The #excavation at the Gird-i-Dasht tell in the Autonomous Region of #Kurdistan in northern #Iraq is completed. Cluster Roots member Tim Kerig explains some preliminary results.
#archaeology #UniStavanger #UniKiel #SoranUniversity #Chalcolithic #FromMoundtoCave -
The #excavation at the Gird-i-Dasht tell in the Autonomous Region of #Kurdistan in northern #Iraq is completed. Cluster Roots member Tim Kerig explains some preliminary results.
#archaeology #UniStavanger #UniKiel #SoranUniversity #Chalcolithic #FromMoundtoCave -
The #excavation at the Gird-i-Dasht tell in the Autonomous Region of #Kurdistan in northern #Iraq is completed. Cluster Roots member Tim Kerig explains some preliminary results.
#archaeology #UniStavanger #UniKiel #SoranUniversity #Chalcolithic #FromMoundtoCave -
‘Idols’ in late prehistoric Iberia [book review - pdf 4pp] https://www.academia.edu/105415717/_Idols_in_late_prehistoric_Iberia #neolithic #neolítico #chalcolithic #calcolítica #iberia
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In 1998, a copper hoard from the 4th millennium BC was found near Neuenkirchen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Germany). In his master's thesis, #ClusterROOTS member Henry Skorna examined the far-reaching connections of the Neuenkirchen find ensemble and the context of the site. The thesis is now available online at #SidestonePress:
https://www.sidestone.com/books/the-life-and-journey-of-neolithic-copper-objects
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In 1998, a copper hoard from the 4th millennium BC was found near Neuenkirchen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Germany). In his master's thesis, #ClusterROOTS member Henry Skorna examined the far-reaching connections of the Neuenkirchen find ensemble and the context of the site. The thesis is now available online at #SidestonePress:
https://www.sidestone.com/books/the-life-and-journey-of-neolithic-copper-objects
#archaeology #stoneage #copperage #chalcolithic #neolithic -
In 1998, a copper hoard from the 4th millennium BC was found near Neuenkirchen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Germany). In his master's thesis, #ClusterROOTS member Henry Skorna examined the far-reaching connections of the Neuenkirchen find ensemble and the context of the site. The thesis is now available online at #SidestonePress:
https://www.sidestone.com/books/the-life-and-journey-of-neolithic-copper-objects
#archaeology #stoneage #copperage #chalcolithic #neolithic