Eurasia in Prehistory

The Struma/Strymon River Valley in
Prehistory

Proceedings of the International Symposium Strymon Praehistoricus
Kjustendil-Blagoevgrad-Serres-Amphilpolis, 27.09-01.10.2004. Edited by Henrieta Todorova, Mark
Stefanovich and Georgi Ivanov. Gerda Henkel Stiftung and Museum of History, Kyustendil. Sofia. 544 p.,
29 maps, 9 topographical plans, 779 color photos, 81 b/w photos, 815 drawings, 58 tabl., 32 diagrams
and simplified graphs. 10 reconstruction drawings of houses.
Overview by Lolita Nikolova (internal link)

Table of Contents

Todorova, H., Stafanovich, M. & Ivanov, G. Strymon in der Urgeschichte, p. vii

Тодорова, Х., Стефанович, М. & Иванов, Г. Струма през праисторията, p. ix

Todorova, H. Die paleoklimatische Entwicklung in VII-I Jt. Vor Chr., p. 1

Wenninger, B., Alram-Stern, E., Bauer, E., Clare, L., Danzeglocke, U., Jöris, O., Kubatzki, C.,
Rollefson, G., Todorova, H., van Andel, T. Abrupt climate forcing observed at Early Neolithic sites in
South-East Europe and the Near East, p. 7

Claßen, E. Social network analysis of Neolithic societies, p. 28

Koukouli-Chryssanthaki, Ch., Todorova, H., Aslanis, I., Vajsov, I. & Valla, M. Promachon-Topolnita. A
Greek-Bulgarian archaeological project, p. 43

Vajsov, I. Promachon-Topolnica. A typology of painted decorations and its use as chronological
marker, p. 79

Falkenstein, F. Tierdarstellungen und “Stierkult” im Neolithikum Südosteuropas and Anatoliens, p. 121
Băčvarov, K. Where do children belong? Neolithic burials in western Bulgaria, p. 139

Ганецовски, Г. Нови сведения за ранния неолит в Северозападна България, p. 147

Pavúk, J. Die Entstehung und Gliederung der neolithischen Kulturen auf dem Zentralbalkan:
Fallbeispiel Gălăbnik, p. 165

Bakamska, A. Tell Gălăbnik.  Architecture and site planning, p. 177

Чохаджиев, С.  Бакъмска, А., & Нинов, Л. Крайници – раннокерамично селище от басейна на р.
Струма, p. 181

Vandova, V. The Early Neolithic Site at Piperkov Čiflik, near Kjustendil (season 2004), p. 191

Bogdanović, M. Proto-Starčevo culture and Early Neolithic in the Struma Valley, p. 201

Perničeva, L. La periodisation des sites préhistoriques dans la vallée de la Strouma moyenne, p. 209
Čochadžiev, S. Das Frühchalkolithikum des Strymonbereichs, p. 223

Terzjska-Ignatova, S. Some observations on zoomorphic images from Western Bulgaria, p. 227
Genadieva, V. Prehistoric settlements on the province of Kjustendil, p. 239

Darcque, P., Koukouli-Chyssanthaki, H., Malamidou, D., Treuil, R. & Tsirtsoni, Z. Recent researchers
at the Neolithic settlement of Dikili Tash, Eastern Macedonia, Greece: an overview, p. 247

Pappa, M. Neolithic societies: Recent evidence from Northern Greece, p. 257

Duridanov, I. Linguistische Angaben über die Namen der Flüsse Axios, Strymon, Nestos, p. 273

Grębska-Kulowa, & Kulow, I. M. Prehistoric Sites in the Middle Struma Valley between the End of the
VIIth mill. BC and the beginning of the Ist mill. BC, p. 279

Malamidou, D. Kryoneri: a Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Settlement in the Lower Strymon Valley,
p. 297

Bojadziev, J. Absolute chronology of the Neolithic and Eneolithic cultures in the valley of Struma, p.
309

Papadopoulos, S. Decline of the painted pottery in Eastern Macedonia and North Aegean at the end of
the Final Neolithic/Chalcolithic period, p. 317

Georgieva, P. On the late stages of the Krivdol-Salcuţa culture, p. 329

The ethno-cultural affiliation of the North Anatolian Early Bronze Age, p. 339

Luci, K. Dating the Donja Brnjica culture based on metal finds, p. 347

Valla, M. A Late Bronze Age cemetery in Faia Petra, East of the Middle Strymon valley, p. 359

Alexandrov, S., Petkov, V., & Ivanov, G. The Late Bronze Age necropolis in the town of Sandanski,
Southwest Bulgaria, p. 373

Stefanovich, M., & Kulov, I.  Krsto Pokrovnik excavations at a Late Bronze Age site in the Middle
Struma River valley, Southwest Bulgaria. Preliminary results – 2004 season, p. 389

Andreou, S., & Psaraki, K. Tradition and innovation in the Bronze Age Pottery of the Thessaloniki
Toumba. Food and drink consumption and “tableware” ceramics, p. 397

David, W. Bronzezeitliche Goldornate aus Süddeutschland und ihre donauländisch-balkanischen
Beziehungen, p. 421

Mitrevski, D. The beginning of the Iron Age in Macedonia, p. 443

Wardle, K.A., Newton, M., & Kuniholm, P.I. Troy VIIB2 revisited, p. 481

Popova, Tz., & Marinova, E. Palaeobotanical data in South-Western region of Bulgaria, p. 499

Илиев, Н., & Спасов, Н. Промахон-Тополница. Компаративно изследване на дивите и домашни
животни от сектор Тополница, p. 509

Valamoti, S.M. Agriculture and use of space at promachon/Topolnica. Preliminary observations on the
archaeological material, p. 523

Božilova, E., & Tonkov, S. Palaeoecological evidence of the main postglacial vegetation and climate
changes in Southwestern Bulgaria from the Neolithic to modern times, p. 531
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