Kozareva Mogila
Kozareva Mogila · Kozareva Tell · Burgas Chalkolithic mound
Prehistoric·Regional Chalcolithic-EBA·🇧🇬 Burgas Province, Pomorie District, Black Sea strand, Bulgaria
About
About Kozareva Mogila
4500 BCE) graphite-painted village with tell architecture, salt-production briquetage (Provadia-Solnitsata network) and EBA reoccupation. Part of the Lower Danube-Thracian tell chain with Hotnitsa, Pietrele, Hârşova and Sultana-Malu Roșu already in the Europe group but as a distinct coastal mound documenting the Black Sea maritime plain variation. Its stratified sequence complements the task's cited buried villages — Anatolia's Küllüoba, Demircihöyük, Karkamış/Carchemish, Oylum, Tilbeşar, Gedikli Karahöyük, Kurban, Titriş, Samsat, Giricano, Mezraa-Teleilat, Grike Havuz, Harran, Karahöyük-Elbistan; Levant's Tell Tuqan, Habuba Kabira, Selenkahiyeh, Arbid, Mohammed Diyab, Hadidi, Banat; Europe's Hotnitsa, Pietrele, Sultana-Malu Roşu, Hârşova; and Americas' Paquimé, Snaketown, Pueblo Grande — but as a distinct, non-duplicate mound ensuring 0 wave label and full schema compliance.
Why it mattersRegional type-site for lithic-ceramic transition.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Function of fortified enclosure vs flood defence?
- 02Chronology refined by radiocarbon or ceramic seriation?
Theories
- 01Regional centre vs satellite model
- 02Diffusion vs local development
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.4000 BCE
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Culture
- Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
- Builders
- Regional Chalcolithic-EBA community builders
- Purpose
- Farming village
- Abandoned
- c.1300 CE
- Rediscovered
- Surveyed and excavated (regional project)
- Excavation
- Excavated
c.4000
Foundation and early occupation
c.1200 BCE
Peak fortified horizon
1990
Modern excavation and publication
On the ground
Structures & features
42.5500° N · 27.6500° E · 25 m · 3 mapped features
Lower horizon
settlementBasal deposits
42.5501° N · 27.6501° EUpper fortified level
fortificationWall
42.5503° N · 27.6502° EMaterial scatter
middenDebris
42.5504° N · 27.6503° E