Ovcharovo Tell
Late Neolithic → Eneolithic (5600–4500 BCE)·Late Neolithic → Eneolithic (5600–4500 BCE)·🇧🇬 Targovishte Province, Ovcharovo village, Bulgaria
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About Ovcharovo Tell
Ovcharovo Tell in Targovishte Province, Ovcharovo village, Bulgaria is a Late Neolithic → Eneolithic (5600–4500 BCE) settlement attributed to Late Neolithic → Eneolithic (5600–4500 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. Chalcolithic Ovcharovo — tell 11 m high with burnt house horizons (Karanovo VI).
Why it mattersChalcolithic Ovcharovo — tell 11 m high with burnt house horizons (Karanovo VI).
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.5600–4500 BCE Late Neolithic to Chalcolithic
- Period
- Late Neolithic → Eneolithic (5600–4500 BCE)
- Culture
- Late Neolithic → Eneolithic (5600–4500 BCE)
- Purpose
- Settlement and regional centre with fortification and craft
- Rediscovered
- Excavated 1990–present research project
- Excavation
- Excavated
c.5600–4500
Initial construction/founding
2015
Multidisciplinary synthesis publication for Ovcharovo Tell
On the ground
Structures & features
43.2000° N · 26.6500° E · 200 m · 3 mapped features
Chalcolithic burnt house
houseBurnt house with pottery kiln
43.2015° N · 26.6510° EFortified palisade
fortificationEneolithic palisade ditch
43.1988° N · 26.6492° ENeolithic base
settlementLate Neolithic houses
43.2008° N · 26.6485° E