A Bronze Age burial mound excavated near Mogila village, Tundzha Municipality, Yambol Region.

Stefan Alexandrov; Todor  Valchev; Bianca Elena Preda-Balanica; Ilia Iliev; Elena Sandoval; Martin Trautmann; Volker Heyd

A Bronze Age burial mound excavated near Mogila village, Tundzha Municipality, Yambol Region.

Stefan Alexandrov, Todor Valchev, Bianca Elena Preda-Balanica, Ilia Iliev, Elena Sandoval, Martin Trautmann, Volker Heyd

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Abstract

In 2021, archaeological research of an Early Bronze Age burial mound near the village of Mogila in the Tundzha Municipality of Thrace was conducted within a joint Finnish-Bulgarian collaboration. Excavations revealed five Early Bronze Age graves, eight Middle Bronze Age graves, and two graves dating back to the 1st millennium BC. During the Bronze Age, two constructional and four chronological phases were identified, supported by 16 radiocarbon dates. The first three chronological phases were associated with the Yamna Culture and dated approximately between 3100 and 2600 BC. In contrast, the fourth phase was dated between approximately 1900 and 1550 BC and was related to eight contracted individuals interred in the southern sector of the mound.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	From the Steppes to the Balkans. Yamna Culture in Upper Thrace.
Editors	Stefan Alexandrov, Piotr Włodarczak
Number of pages	11
Place of Publication	Budapest
Publisher	Archaeolingua alapítvány
Publication date	22 Nov 2024
Pages	65-75
ISBN (Print)	978-615-5766-71-8
Publication status	Published - 22 Nov 2024
MoE publication type	B2 Book chapter

Publication series

Name	The Yamnaya Impact on Prehistoric Europe
Publisher	Archaeolingua
Number	5
ISSN (Electronic)	2786-2968

Name	Archaeolingua
Number	46
ISSN (Electronic)	1215-9239

Fields of Science

615 History and Archaeology
burial mound
mortuary practices
Early Bronze Age
Middle Bronze Age
Upper Thrace

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Alexandrov, S., Valchev, T., Preda-Balanica, B. E., Iliev, I., Sandoval, E., Trautmann, M., & Heyd, V. (2024). A Bronze Age burial mound excavated near Mogila village, Tundzha Municipality, Yambol Region. In S. Alexandrov, & P. Włodarczak (Eds.), From the Steppes to the Balkans. Yamna Culture in Upper Thrace. (pp. 65-75). (The Yamnaya Impact on Prehistoric Europe; No. 5), (Archaeolingua; No. 46). Archaeolingua alapítvány.

Alexandrov, Stefan ; Valchev, Todor ; Preda-Balanica, Bianca Elena et al. / A Bronze Age burial mound excavated near Mogila village, Tundzha Municipality, Yambol Region. From the Steppes to the Balkans. Yamna Culture in Upper Thrace.. editor / Stefan Alexandrov ; Piotr Włodarczak. Budapest : Archaeolingua alapítvány, 2024. pp. 65-75 (The Yamnaya Impact on Prehistoric Europe; 5). (Archaeolingua; 46).

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Alexandrov, S, Valchev, T, Preda-Balanica, BE, Iliev, I, Sandoval, E, Trautmann, M & Heyd, V 2024, A Bronze Age burial mound excavated near Mogila village, Tundzha Municipality, Yambol Region. in S Alexandrov & P Włodarczak (eds), From the Steppes to the Balkans. Yamna Culture in Upper Thrace.. The Yamnaya Impact on Prehistoric Europe, no. 5, Archaeolingua, no. 46, Archaeolingua alapítvány, Budapest, pp. 65-75.

A Bronze Age burial mound excavated near Mogila village, Tundzha Municipality, Yambol Region. / Alexandrov, Stefan; Valchev, Todor ; Preda-Balanica, Bianca Elena et al.
From the Steppes to the Balkans. Yamna Culture in Upper Thrace.. ed. / Stefan Alexandrov; Piotr Włodarczak. Budapest: Archaeolingua alapítvány, 2024. p. 65-75 (The Yamnaya Impact on Prehistoric Europe; No. 5), (Archaeolingua; No. 46).

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Alexandrov S, Valchev T, Preda-Balanica BE, Iliev I, Sandoval E, Trautmann M et al. A Bronze Age burial mound excavated near Mogila village, Tundzha Municipality, Yambol Region. In Alexandrov S, Włodarczak P, editors, From the Steppes to the Balkans. Yamna Culture in Upper Thrace.. Budapest: Archaeolingua alapítvány. 2024. p. 65-75. (The Yamnaya Impact on Prehistoric Europe; 5). (Archaeolingua; 46).