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1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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This volume presents the results of diachronic archaeological and palaeoecological research conducted in two study areas: the intermontane Kazanlak Valley along the Upper Tundzha River of central Bulgaria, and the Thracian Plain along the Middle Tundzha River south of the city of Yambol in southeastern Bulgaria. The Tundzha Regional Archaeology Project (TRAP), a cooperative effort including Australian, Bulgarian, and Czech investigators, undertook archaeological survey and environmental sampling between 2009-2011. Major field activities of the project included over 100 sq km of systematic pedestrian survey, legacy data verification and mapping, trial excavations, artefact processing, and environmental sampling in and around the study areas. Through this research, TRAP inventoried over 100 surface artefact concentrations and 800 burial mounds. At the heart of the volume is a geospatial analysis of settlement patterns derived from the survey dataset, which relates the footprint of past human activities to environmental and sociocultural drivers. We also present a range of associated studies conducted between 2009-2015. Finally, TRAP has produced a granular digital dataset of surface artefacts and features unparalleled in Bulgaria to promote reinterpretation of our results, encourage secondary studies, and foster comparative research. |
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Intro; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of colour figures; Links to digital resources; List of contributors; List of participants; Absolute chronology; Acknowledgements; Abstract; Part I: Background and Methods; 1. The Tundzha Regional Archaeology Project: history, aims, and outcomes: Shawn Ross, Adela Sobotkova, and Simon Connor; 2. Surface surveys and the Archaeological Map of Bulgaria: Georgi Nekhrizov; 3. Survey methodology: Adela Sobotkova and Shawn Ross; 4. Archaeological sciences: approaches and methods: Simon Connor and Robbi Bishop-Taylor |
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Part II: Kazanlak Valley5. Kazanlak Valley: topography and environment: Adela Sobotkova and Shawn Ross; 6. A history of archaeological research in the Kazanlak Valley: Julia Tzvetkova, Nadezhda Kecheva, and Yulia Dimitrova; 7. Surface soil survey in an archaeological context: the Kazanlak Geoscience Project: Robbi Bishop-Taylor, Karina L. Judd, Lauren Clear, and Lennard Martin; 8. Kazanlak survey results: Adela Sobotkova and Shawn Ross; 9. Assessing contemporaneity and uncertainty in the Kazanlak Valley survey datasets: Adela Sobotkova |
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10. Spatial variability in surface artefact distributions in the Kazanlak Valley: Adela SobotkovaPart III: Yambol Study Areas; 11. Yambol: topography and environment: Adela Sobotkova and Shawn Ross; 12. A history of archaeological research in the Yambol province: Todor Valchev; 13. Palaeoecology of the middle Tundzha Plain: Simon Connor, Andy Herries, and Scott Mooney; 14 Yambol survey results: Adela Sobotkova, Shawn Ross, and Ilija K. Iliev; 15. Assessing contemporaneity and uncertainty in the Yambol province datasets: Adela Sobotkova |
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16. Spatial variability in surface artefact distributions in the Yambol study areas: Adela SobotkovaPart IV: Associated Studies; 17 Excavation and palaeodietary analysis of Bronze Age human remains from Boyanovo, Yambol province: Karen Privat, Adela Sobotkova, Stefan Bakardzhiev, and Victoria Russeva; 18. Excavations at the Roman site of Stroyno-Yurta, Yambol province (2014-2015): an interim report: Petra Tušlová, Barbora Weissová, and Stefan Bakardzhiev; 19. Excavations at Dodoparon, Yambol province: Adela Sobotkova, Catherine Longford, and Stefan Bakardzhiev |
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20. Classical and Hellenistic transport amphorae from the Yambol province: Petra Tušlová and Barbora Weissová21. Greek and Latin inscriptions from the Kazanlak and Yambol regions ca. 500 BC to AD 300 Petra: Janouchová; Bibliography; Plate Section |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Paleoecology -- Tundzha River Valley (Bulgaria and Turkey)
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Paleoecology. |
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Archaeological surveying -- Tundzha River Valley (Bulgaria and Turkey)
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Archaeological surveying. |
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Tundzha River Valley (Bulgaria and Turkey) -- Antiquities.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Ross, Shawn A., editor.
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Sobotkova, Adela, editor.
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T͡Svetkova, I͡Ulii͡a, editor.
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Nekhrizov, Georgi, editor.
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Connor, Simon, 1987- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Tundzha regional archaeology project. Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2018 9781789250541 (OCoLC)1063648286 |
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9781789250558 (electronic book) |
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1789250552 (electronic book) |
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9781789250572 (electronic book) |
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1789250579 (electronic book) |
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9781789250541 |
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1789250544 |
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