Archaeological and Geological Research for the Reconstruction of Settlement and Habitation Models along Hadzhiyska River and the Southern Slopes of Eminska Mountain, Bulgaria Cover Image

Археологически и геоложки изследвания за възстановяване на моделите на заселване и обитаване по поречието на р. Хаджийска и южните склонове на Еминска планина, България
Archaeological and Geological Research for the Reconstruction of Settlement and Habitation Models along Hadzhiyska River and the Southern Slopes of Eminska Mountain, Bulgaria

Author(s): Zhivko Uzunov, Bilyana Kostova, Boyan Dumanov, Irena Dimitrova
Subject(s): History, Social Sciences, Archaeology, Education, Geography, Regional studies, Human Geography, Regional Geography, Historical Geography, Geomatics, Higher Education
Published by: Нов български университет
Keywords: Geoarchaeology; archaeological sites; prolluvial Holocene sediments

Summary/Abstract: The main objective of this paper is to present the fieldwork results of archaeological and geological investigations in the area of Hadjiyska river and the southern slopes of Eminska Stara Planina in Bulgaria. The area of interest is home to a large number of archeological findings dating back from the Late Antiquity (4-6th c.) and the Middle Ages (7-18th c.), and fewer from older periods (prehistorical, Thracian and Roman periods). Geological observations show presence of alluvial, prolluvial-delluvial, and prolluvial hollocen sediments. Combining the results of archaeological and geological research allowed for (i) the verification of the hypothesis that older archaeological objects are covered by accumulated sediments, and (ii) an attempt to look into the livelihood in the area.

  • Issue Year: 6/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 36-46
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Bulgarian