History:Ezero culture

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Ezero culture
Map of the distribution of the Ezero culture
Geographical rangeBulgaria
PeriodBronze Age Europe
Datesc. 3300 – 2700 BC
Preceded bySuvorovo culture, Karanovo culture, Gumelniţa culture, Varna culture, Cernavodă culture
Followed byMyceneans, Trojans, Thracians

The Ezero culture, 3300—2700 BC, was a Bronze Age archaeological culture occupying most of present-day Bulgaria. It takes its name from the Tell-settlement of Ezero.

Ezero follows the copper age cultures of the area (Karanovo VI culture, Gumelniţa culture, Kodzadjemen culture, and Varna culture), after a settlement hiatus in Northern Bulgaria. It bears some relationship to the earlier Cernavodă III culture to the north. Some settlements were fortified.

The Ezero culture is interpreted as part of a larger Balkan-Danubian early Bronze Age complex, a horizon reaching from Troy Id-IIc into Central Europe, encompassing the Baden of the Carpathian Basin and the Coţofeni culture of Romania. According to Hermann Parzinger, there are also typological connections to Poliochne IIa-b and Sitagroi IV.

Economy

Agriculture is in evidence, along with domestic livestock. There is evidence of grape cultivation.[citation needed] Metallurgy was practiced.[citation needed]

Interpretation

Within the context of the Kurgan hypothesis, it would represent a fusion of native "Old European culture" and intrusive "Kurgan culture" elements. It could also represent an Anatolian-influenced culture, either coming from Anatolia (in Renfrew's hypothesis), or heading to Asia Minor.

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Sources

  • G.Il. Georgiev et al. (eds.), Ezero, rannobronzovoto selishte. Sofii︠a︡ : Izd-vo na Bŭlgarskata akademii︠a︡ na naukite, Arkheologicheski institut 1979 (excavation report of Tell Ezero).
  • Mallory, J. P.; Adams, Douglas Q. (1997). "Ezero culture". Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture. Taylor & Francis. pp. 188. ISBN 1884964982. https://books.google.com/books?id=tzU3RIV2BWIC. 

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