Tell Yunatsite Excavations 2018

Archaeology of the Copper Age and Europe's first civilization; Warfare in Prehistory; Excavations of the Copper Age (4900 – 4100 BCE) building levels of Tell Yunatsite; Archaeological field techniques and methods for excavation and documentation (with regard to the specifics of the tell's excavation); 3d intra-site modelling and documentation and GIS spatial analysis in archaeology; Documentation of prehistoric (Copper and Bronze age) weapons, tools and shards; Processing of finds and samples; Excursions to significant heritage sites in Bulgaria. Academic credits are available for students through NBU, Bulgaria and UCLA Extension, USA. Season Dates: 24 June - 22 July, 2017

In the very beginning of the 5th millennium BCE the prehistoric population in the Central and Eastern Balkans turned known metal-processing technologies into an industry for the first time in human history (the world's most ancient copper mines and foundries are found in Bulgaria and Serbia). Archaeological evidence shows that in the fifth millennium BCE these prehistoric cultures enjoyed a constant increase in population and wealth, while simultaneously experiencing social stratification due to the intensive trading of metal products, salt, flint, Spondylus shells and other goods with the rest of prehistoric Europe and Asia.

Help to excavate one of the first urban settlements
Find and process metallurgy and the earliest gold in Europe
Earn academic credit
Go on excursions to Stara Zagora and the Museum of Europe's best preserved Neolithic dwellings

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