AMS dating of the Late Copper Age Varna cemetery, Bulgaria

The Varna I cemetery, Bulgarian Black Sea coast, is one of the most remarkable sites in European prehistory, with the world’s earliest large-scale assemblage of gold artefacts. Modeling of the first series of 14 AMS dates yielded a duration of c. 150 years, ~4600—4450 cal BC. However, there were ins...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Higham, T, Slavchev, V, Gaydarska, B, Chapman, J
Format: Journal article
Published: Cambridge University Press 2018