Ovcarovo

A tell settlement and two cemeteries in northeast Bulgaria, with an Early Neolithic occupation with pits and post holes stratified beneath 13 Copper Age habitation levels, dated to much of the 4th millennium BC. There is an initial rectangular wooden palisade enclosure; some of the houses were two-storied. Many ritual objects were incised with simple signs. Both cemeteries date to the Copper Age.

Tell settlement and two cemeteries nearTrgoviste, northeast Bulgaria, with an Early Neolithic occupation with pits and post holes stratified beneath 13 Copper Age habitation levels, dated to much of the 4th millennium be. After the initial construction of a rectangular wooden palisade enclosure, houses were closely packed into the enclosed space. Some of the houses were two-storeyed; in the upper storey of one house, more than 100 pots were stored. In level IX a unique cult scene was found, in which 26 miniature objects (altars, tables, figurines etc) were arranged as if to depict a shrine. Many ritual objects were incised with simple signs. Both cemeteries date to the Copper Age.