Balkan Prehistoric Household
Ovcharovo Data  
Periodization of Balkan Prehistory

Neolithic
Early Neolithic - later 7th - mid 6th millennium cal BCE (abt 6200 - 5500 cal BCE)
Late Neolithic -  mid 6th Millennium - end 6th millennium cal BCE (abt 5500 - 5000/4900 cal BCE)
Copper Age
Early Coper Age - beginning of the 5th millennium - mid 5th millennium cal BCE (abt 5000/4900 - 4500 cal BCE)
Late Copper Age - mid 5th millennium cal BCE - end 5th millennium cal BCE (abt 4500 - 4000 cal BCE)
Final Copper Age - beginning 4th millennium cal BCE (abt 4000 - 3600 cal BCE)
Bronze Age
Early Bronze Age
Early Bronze I - abt 3600 - 3000 cal BCE
Early Bronze II - 3000/2500/2400 cal BCE
Early Bronze III - 2500/2400 - 2000 cal BCE
Middle Bronze Age - abt 2000/1900 - 1600/1500 cal BCE        
Late Bronze Age - abt 1600/1500 cal BCE - 1200/1100 cal BCE

References: Nikolova L. 2001, Nikolova L. 2000е,  Nikolova 1999a, Görsdorf J., Bojadžiev J. 1996, ,
Ovcharovo Tell (Northeast
Bulgaria)

Ovcharovo is one of the rare completely excavated tells
in the Balkans, as rescue excavations of Henrieta
Todorova with team in 1971-1972. Because of the
employed macrostratigarphy we do not have almost any
detailed information about the households of the
Ovcharovo community except for modelled plans, some
photographs of excavations and some pottery
published by modelled levels, without stratigraphic
data.  
This model of Ovcharovo household is based on data
about a clay model of a one-room house found in
Ovcharovo B (horizon 9) [1], a model of possible oven
(Ovcharovo A, horizon 7) [2], plan of Ovcharovo 9 village
(according to the model of Todorova, without opportunity
for verification because of missing published
excavation information with depths and description of
the found houses) [3] and a photo of House 2 from
village 9 [4].  

If figure 2 shows a model of oven based on the analogy
with Figure 1, then we can think about some continuity
in the tradition of building ovens with two-sloping roof,
which we also know from Slatino model
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