ANCIENT METALLURGY IN THE BULGARIAN LANDS: ANCIENT METALLURGY IN THE BULGARIAN LANDS

Stella  Doncheva

doi:10.46687/jsar.v24i1.369

Authors

Stella Doncheva Konstantin Preslavsky University of Shumen, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Bulgaria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46687/jsar.v24i1.369

Keywords:

ancient metallurgy, the Balkans and Middle East, Burgas region, cultural heritage

Abstract

Ancient metallurgy is a broad concept and is associated both with mining and metalworking, and in many cases is evidence of their existence. Data on metalworking are indirect evidence of the development of mining. Metal implements, weapons, and ornaments were the most mobile material, and metal and its articles were one of the main objects of ancient barter. The development of metallurgy became one of the main drivers of economic life during different historical eras, and the territory of Bulgaria is no exception, but on the contrary, it is one of the places where this activity originated and developed for centuries.

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ANCIENT METALLURGY IN THE BULGARIAN LANDS