site.btaTwo Late Iron Age Settlements Discovered during Archaeological Excavations in SE Bulgaria

Two settlements from the Late Iron Age were discovered during archaeological excavations near the southeastern village of Glufishevo, the Dr. Simeon Tabakov Regional Historical Museum (RHM) in Sliven said on Monday.

Archaeologists from the RHM - Sliven, New Bulgarian University, young scientists from the University of Chicago (USA) and volunteers from Germany for the second year together conducted archaeological surveys in the Tundzha valley in Southeast Bulgaria. The project is funded by the Ministry of Culture.

Fragments of amphorae show that the inhabitants of the land of Glufishevo during the Late Iron Age imported wine or olive oil from the isand of Thasos. It is highly probable that they also produced and exported locally produced wine. Perhaps the first road connections between settlements also date from this era.

Harvard University PhD student Pauline Shongov, whose parents are from Sliven, filmed a number of interviews with the people of Glufishevo, who talked about the history of their region. A short documentary about the project is to be made, the Museum also said.