Stratigraphic sequence of the Karanovo tell
Secuencia estratigráfica del tell de Karanovo
- Date
- 1936-1957 · confidence high
- Place
- Karanovo, Nova Zagora, Sliven, Bulgaria
- Credited to
- Vladimir Mikov and Bulgarian archaeologists
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What was discovered
A mound inhabited almost continuously from the Early Neolithic to the Bronze Age, with seven stacked levels. Its stratigraphy became the chronological yardstick for the prehistory of south-eastern Europe.
The coordinates are approximate (the mound lies south of the village). Mikov's excavations began in 1936 and were continued by Georgiev and Hiller into the 1970s; later radiocarbon dates adjusted the succession.
What it led to
- relative chronology of the Neolithic and Chalcolithic of the Balkans
- comparison with Anatolian and middle Danube sequences