Karanovo culture
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The Karanovo culture (Bulgarian: Карановска култура, romanized: Karanovska kultura) is a Neolithic culture (Karanovo I-III ca. 62nd to 55th centuries BC) named after the Bulgarian village of Karanovo [bg] (Караново, Sliven Province 42°30′41″N 25°54′54″E). The culture, which is part of the Danube civilization, is considered the largest and most important of the Azmak River Valley agrarian settlements.[1]
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Horizon | Old Europe, First Temperate Neolithic |
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Period | Neolithic, Chalcolithic |
Dates | circa 7th millennium BC — 4,000 BC |
Type site | Karanovo |
Preceded by | Mesolithic Europe |
Followed by | Hamangia culture, Varna culture, Gumelnița culture, Cernavodă culture |
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See also: Old Europe (archaeology) and Danubian culture