A Settlement from the Late Middle Ages Near Vrashka Chuka, Vidin Region, Northwest Bulgaria
A Settlement from the Late Middle Ages Near Vrashka Chuka, Vidin Region, Northwest Bulgaria

Summary/Abstract: Site 1/1000 was explored in connection with the construction of the Balkan Stream gas pipeline in 2019. The site spans several periods: the Bronze Age and the early Iron Age, the Roman period, the Middle Ages, and the Late Middle Ages. Archaeological materials and structures that can be dated to the Ottoman period (15th–17th centuries), based on the ceramic material and many other finds, were found mainly in the western part of the site and are probably temporary dwellings. Two dwellings, two metallurgical furnaces, and numerous pits were investigated. Numerous metal objects were discovered for this period. Among them, the variety of adornments is particularly impressive -rings, earrings and ear pendants, pendants of various shapes, pierced coins, belt pieces, etc. They are made in complex techniques such as filigree, granulation, etc.

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