Site types
Settlement and

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
042.554° N, 025.871° E
Coordinates (DMS)
042° 33' 00" E, 025° 52' 00" N
Country (ISO 3166)
Bulgaria (BG)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (94)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
Bln-154 From sector IV, layer VI in house / building 4, fill 278 grain MIXED NA 5840±250 BP 7267–6030 cal BP Breunig 1987, 113; Görsdorf/Bojadziev 1996 Hinz et al. 2012
Bln-152 From sector III, southwest side of mound, SECTEUR III NIV II; According to Oxford-DB: Schicht II / unit 240, contam by B 3 found tr 392 charcoal Holzkohle / Quercus sp NA 6807±100 BP 7915–7480 cal BP Breunig 1987, 113; Görsdorf/Bojadziev 1996 Hinz et al. 2012
Bln-201 From sector III, northprofile.; Schicht II / building 3, timber 461 charcoal Holzkohle / Quercus sp NA 6573±100 BP 7614–7275 cal BP Breunig 1987, 113; Görsdorf/Bojadziev 1996 Hinz et al. 2012
Bln-234 From sector III, eastprofile.; According to Oxford-DB: Schicht II / building 855, fill 936 charcoal Holzkohle / quercus NA 6500±150 BP 7668–7024 cal BP Breunig 1987, 113; Görsdorf/Bojadziev 1996 Hinz et al. 2012
Bln-3463 Schicht III / loc. 264 seed seeds / linseed NA 6350±60 BP 7421–7163 cal BP Görsdorf/Bojadziev 1996 Hinz et al. 2012
Bln-158 From sector IV, north-east of the mound, SECTEUR 4 CCHE 3 / building 994, pit 1202 grain Poaceae NA 6360±100 BP 7465–7005 cal BP Breunig 1987, 113; Görsdorf/Bojadziev 1996 Hinz et al. 2012
Bln-3462 Schicht III / loc. 124 charcoal NA NA 6510±60 BP 7564–7309 cal BP Görsdorf/Bojadziev 1996 Hinz et al. 2012
Bln-1182 NA seed/fruit NA 14C 5520±100 BP 6538–6004 cal BP Görsdorf 1996 Weninger 2022
Bln-152 NA charcoal Quercus 14C 6807±100 BP 7915–7480 cal BP Görsdorf 1996 Weninger 2022
Bln-153 NA seed/fruit NA 14C 5625±100 BP 6655–6215 cal BP Görsdorf 1996 Weninger 2022
Bln-154 NA seed/fruit NA 14C 5830±250 BP 7262–6025 cal BP Görsdorf 1996 Weninger 2022
Bln-158 NA seed/fruit NA 14C 6395±100 BP 7553–7024 cal BP Görsdorf 1996 Weninger 2022
Bln-201 NA charcoal Quercus sp 14C 6540±100 BP 7590–7259 cal BP Görsdorf 1996 Weninger 2022
Bln-234 NA charcoal Quercus 14C 6490±150 BP 7662–7023 cal BP Görsdorf 1996 Weninger 2022
Bln-3458 NA charcoal NA 14C 6440±60 BP 7464–7179 cal BP Görsdorf 1996 Weninger 2022
Bln-3459 NA charcoal NA 14C 6420±60 BP 7429–7175 cal BP Görsdorf 1996 Weninger 2022
Bln-3460 NA charcoal NA 14C 6440±60 BP 7464–7179 cal BP Görsdorf 1996 Weninger 2022
Bln-3461 NA charcoal NA 14C 6480±60 BP 7501–7268 cal BP Görsdorf 1996 Weninger 2022
Bln-3462 NA charcoal NA 14C 6510±60 BP 7564–7309 cal BP Görsdorf 1996 Weninger 2022
Bln-3463 NA seed/fruit linseed 14C 6350±60 BP 7421–7163 cal BP Görsdorf 1996 Weninger 2022

typological date Typological dates (120)

Classification Estimated age References
VI NA Breunig 1987, 113; Görsdorf/Bojadziev 1996
Karanovo culture NA NA
II NA Breunig 1987, 113; Görsdorf/Bojadziev 1996
Karanovo culture NA NA
II NA Breunig 1987, 113; Görsdorf/Bojadziev 1996
Karanovo culture NA NA
II NA Breunig 1987, 113; Görsdorf/Bojadziev 1996
Karanovo culture NA NA
III NA Görsdorf/Bojadziev 1996
Karanovo culture NA NA
III NA Breunig 1987, 113; Görsdorf/Bojadziev 1996
Karanovo culture NA NA
III NA Görsdorf/Bojadziev 1996
Karanovo culture NA NA
Neolithic NA Görsdorf 1996
Karan V NA NA
Neolithic NA Görsdorf 1996
Karan II NA NA
Neolithic NA Görsdorf 1996
Karan V NA NA

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

@misc{Heimlich et al. 2013: 1387 Tab. 1; Clist 2018: 239 Tab. 18.2,
  
}
@misc{Görsdorf 1996,
  
}
@misc{Nikolov 2016,
  
}
@misc{Görsdorf/Bojadziev 1996,
  
}
@misc{Breunig 1987, 113; Görsdorf/Bojadziev 1996,
  
}
@misc{Valladas  2005. BSPF 102:109-113. Gonzalez J. .  2007. L'Anthropologie doi: 10.1016/j.anthro.2007.07.001. J. Combier  2012. QuartÔøΩr 59:  131-152. Faigenbaum-Golovin S.  2016. PNAS 113: 4670-4675.,
  
}
@misc{Quiles A.  2014. Radiocarbon 56: 833-850.,
  
}
@article{p3k14c,
  title = {P3k14c, a Synthetic Global Database of Archaeological Radiocarbon Dates},
  author = {Bird, Darcy and Miranda, Lux and Vander Linden, Marc and Robinson, Erick and Bocinsky, R. Kyle and Nicholson, Chris and Capriles, José M. and Finley, Judson Byrd and Gayo, Eugenia M. and Gil, Adolfo and d’Alpoim Guedes, Jade and Hoggarth, Julie A. and Kay, Andrea and Loftus, Emma and Lombardo, Umberto and Mackie, Madeline and Palmisano, Alessio and Solheim, Steinar and Kelly, Robert L. and Freeman, Jacob},
  year = {2022},
  month = {jan},
  journal = {Scientific Data},
  volume = {9},
  number = {1},
  pages = {27},
  publisher = {Nature Publishing Group},
  issn = {2052-4463},
  doi = {10.1038/s41597-022-01118-7},
  abstract = {Archaeologists increasingly use large radiocarbon databases to model prehistoric human demography (also termed paleo-demography). Numerous independent projects, funded over the past decade, have assembled such databases from multiple regions of the world. These data provide unprecedented potential for comparative research on human population ecology and the evolution of social-ecological systems across the Earth. However, these databases have been developed using different sample selection criteria, which has resulted in interoperability issues for global-scale, comparative paleo-demographic research and integration with paleoclimate and paleoenvironmental data. We present a synthetic, global-scale archaeological radiocarbon database composed of 180,070 radiocarbon dates that have been cleaned according to a standardized sample selection criteria. This database increases the reusability of archaeological radiocarbon data and streamlines quality control assessments for various types of paleo-demographic research. As part of an assessment of data quality, we conduct two analyses of sampling bias in the global database at multiple scales. This database is ideal for paleo-demographic research focused on dates-as-data, bayesian modeling, or summed probability distribution methodologies.},
  copyright = {2022 The Author(s)},
  langid = {english},
  keywords = {Archaeology,Chemistry},
  month_numeric = {1}
}
@article{RADON,
  title = {RADON - Radiocarbon Dates Online 2012. Central European Database of 14C Dates for the Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age.},
  author = {Hinz, Martin and Furholt, Martin and Müller, Johannes and Raetzel-Fabian, Dirk and Rinne, Christophe and Sjögren, Karl-Göran and Wotzka, Hans-Peter},
  date = {2012},
  journaltitle = {Journal of Neolithic Archaeology},
  volume = {14},
  pages = {1–4},
  url = {https://www.jna.uni-kiel.de/index.php/jna/article/view/65/116},
  abstract = {In order to understand the dynamics of cultural phenomena, scientific dating in archaeology is an increasingly indispensable tool. Only by dating independently of typology is it possible to understand typological development itself (Müller 2004). Here radiometric dating methods, especially those based on carbon isotopy, still play the most important role. For evaluations exceeding the intra-site level, it is particularly important that such data is collected in large numbers and that the dates are easily accessible. Also, new statistical analyses, such as sequential calibration based on Bayesian methods, do not require single dates, but rather demand a greater number. By their combination significantly more elaborate results can be achieved compared to the results from conventional evaluation (e. g. Whittle et al. 2011). A second premise of RADON is that of „Open Access“. This approach continues to be applied in the international research community, which we welcome as a highly positive development. The radiocarbon database RADON has been committed to this principle for more than 12 years. In this database 14C data – primarily of the Neolithic of Central Europe and Southern Scandinavia – is collected and successively augmented.}
}
@misc{CalPal,
  title = {CalPal Edition 2022.9},
  author = {Weninger, Bernie},
  year = {2022},
  month = {sep},
  doi = {1010.5281/zenodo.7422618},
  url = {https://zenodo.org/record/7422618},
  abstract = {CalPal is scientific freeware for 14C-based chronological research for Holocene and Palaeolithic Archaeology.},
  copyright = {Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International, Open Access},
  howpublished = {Zenodo},
  month_numeric = {9}
}
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:bibtex_key: Görsdorf 1996
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:bibtex_key: Nikolov 2016
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:bibtex_key: Görsdorf/Bojadziev 1996
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:bibtex_key: Breunig 1987, 113; Görsdorf/Bojadziev 1996
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Valladas  2005. BSPF 102:109-113. Gonzalez J. .  2007. L''Anthropologie
  doi: 10.1016/j.anthro.2007.07.001. J. Combier  2012. QuartÔøΩr 59:  131-152. Faigenbaum-Golovin
  S.  2016. PNAS 113: 4670-4675.'
:bibtex_type: :misc
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:bibtex_key: 'Quiles A.  2014. Radiocarbon 56: 833-850.'
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  :bibtex_type: :article
  :title: "{P3k14c, a Synthetic Global Database of Archaeological Radiocarbon Dates}"
  :author: "{Bird, Darcy and Miranda, Lux and Vander Linden, Marc and Robinson, Erick
    and Bocinsky, R. Kyle and Nicholson, Chris and Capriles, José M. and Finley, Judson
    Byrd and Gayo, Eugenia M. and Gil, Adolfo and d’Alpoim Guedes, Jade and Hoggarth,
    Julie A. and Kay, Andrea and Loftus, Emma and Lombardo, Umberto and Mackie, Madeline
    and Palmisano, Alessio and Solheim, Steinar and Kelly, Robert L. and Freeman,
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  :year: "{2022}"
  :month: "{jan}"
  :journal: "{Scientific Data}"
  :volume: "{9}"
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  :pages: "{27}"
  :publisher: "{Nature Publishing Group}"
  :issn: "{2052-4463}"
  :doi: "{10.1038/s41597-022-01118-7}"
  :abstract: "{Archaeologists increasingly use large radiocarbon databases to model
    prehistoric human demography (also termed paleo-demography). Numerous independent
    projects, funded over the past decade, have assembled such databases from multiple
    regions of the world. These data provide unprecedented potential for comparative
    research on human population ecology and the evolution of social-ecological systems
    across the Earth. However, these databases have been developed using different
    sample selection criteria, which has resulted in interoperability issues for global-scale,
    comparative paleo-demographic research and integration with paleoclimate and paleoenvironmental
    data. We present a synthetic, global-scale archaeological radiocarbon database
    composed of 180,070 radiocarbon dates that have been cleaned according to a standardized
    sample selection criteria. This database increases the reusability of archaeological
    radiocarbon data and streamlines quality control assessments for various types
    of paleo-demographic research. As part of an assessment of data quality, we conduct
    two analyses of sampling bias in the global database at multiple scales. This
    database is ideal for paleo-demographic research focused on dates-as-data, bayesian
    modeling, or summed probability distribution methodologies.}"
  :copyright: "{2022 The Author(s)}"
  :langid: "{english}"
  :keywords: "{Archaeology,Chemistry}"
  :month_numeric: "{1}"
---
- :bibtex_key: RADON
  :bibtex_type: :article
  :title: "{RADON - Radiocarbon Dates Online 2012. Central European Database of 14C
    Dates for the Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age.}"
  :author: "{Hinz, Martin and Furholt, Martin and Müller, Johannes and Raetzel-Fabian,
    Dirk and Rinne, Christophe and Sjögren, Karl-Göran and Wotzka, Hans-Peter}"
  :date: "{2012}"
  :journaltitle: "{Journal of Neolithic Archaeology}"
  :volume: "{14}"
  :pages: "{1–4}"
  :url: "{https://www.jna.uni-kiel.de/index.php/jna/article/view/65/116}"
  :abstract: "{In order to understand the dynamics of cultural phenomena, scientific
    dating in archaeology is an increasingly indispensable tool. Only by dating independently
    of typology is it possible to understand typological development itself (Müller
    2004). Here radiometric dating methods, especially those based on carbon isotopy,
    still play the most important role. For evaluations exceeding the intra-site level,
    it is particularly important that such data is collected in large numbers and
    that the dates are easily accessible. Also, new statistical analyses, such as
    sequential calibration based on Bayesian methods, do not require single dates,
    but rather demand a greater number. By their combination significantly more elaborate
    results can be achieved compared to the results from conventional evaluation (e.
    g. Whittle et al. 2011). A second premise of RADON is that of „Open Access“. This
    approach continues to be applied in the international research community, which
    we welcome as a highly positive development. The radiocarbon database RADON has
    been committed to this principle for more than 12 years. In this database 14C
    data – primarily of the Neolithic of Central Europe and Southern Scandinavia –
    is collected and successively augmented.}"
---
- :bibtex_key: CalPal
  :bibtex_type: :misc
  :title: "{CalPal Edition 2022.9}"
  :author: "{Weninger, Bernie}"
  :year: "{2022}"
  :month: "{sep}"
  :doi: "{1010.5281/zenodo.7422618}"
  :url: "{https://zenodo.org/record/7422618}"
  :abstract: "{CalPal is scientific freeware for 14C-based chronological research
    for Holocene and Palaeolithic Archaeology.}"
  :copyright: "{Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International, Open Access}"
  :howpublished: "{Zenodo}"
  :month_numeric: "{9}"

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