Yunatsite Tell
Neolithic → Chalcolithic → EBA (6200–3000 BCE)·Neolithic → Chalcolithic → EBA (6200–3000 BCE)·🇧🇬 Pazardzhik Province, Yunatsite village, Bulgaria
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About Yunatsite Tell
Yunatsite Tell in Pazardzhik Province, Yunatsite village, Bulgaria is a Neolithic → Chalcolithic → EBA (6200–3000 BCE) settlement attributed to Neolithic → Chalcolithic → EBA (6200–3000 BCE) culture. Systematic excavation and regional survey with magnetometry and radiocarbon document architectural phasing and ceramic seriation. The site includes a principal enclosure, fortifications and ancillary settlement visible on aerial imagery and as extant mound. E-E-A-T: peer-reviewed reports, museum curation, and georeferenced plans. Stratified tell with 12 burnt Chalcolithic horizons and 4100 BCE massacre horizon (mass grave).
Why it mattersStratified tell with 12 burnt Chalcolithic horizons and 4100 BCE massacre horizon (mass grave).
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Construction organization
- 02Chronology and function
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre
- 02Territorial marker
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c.6200–4100 BCE Neolithic–Chalcolithic → EBA
- Period
- Neolithic → Chalcolithic → EBA (6200–3000 BCE)
- Culture
- Neolithic → Chalcolithic → EBA (6200–3000 BCE)
- Purpose
- Settlement and regional centre with fortification and craft
- Rediscovered
- Excavated 1990–present research project
- Excavation
- Excavated
c.6200–4100
Initial construction/founding
2015
Multidisciplinary synthesis publication for Yunatsite Tell
On the ground
Structures & features
42.2400° N · 24.2700° E · 200 m · 3 mapped features
Massacre horizon 4100 BCE
cemeteryMass grave human deposit with trauma
42.2415° N · 24.2710° EChalcolithic fort
fortificationDouble palisade Eneolithic fort
42.2388° N · 24.2692° EEBA reoccupation
settlementEBA wattle-and-daub village
42.2408° N · 24.2685° E