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{{Bronze Age}}The Ezero culture, 3300—2700 BC, was a Bronze Age archaeological culture occupying most of present-day Bulgaria. It takes its name from the Tell-settlement of Ezero.Ezero follows the copper age cultures of the area (Karanovo VI culture, GumelniÅ£a culture, Kodzadjemen culture, and Varna culture), after a settlement hiatus in Northern Bulgaria. It bears some relationship to the earlier Cernavodă III culture to the north. Some settlements were fortified.The Ezero culture is interpreted as part of a larger Balkan-Danubian early Bronze Age complex, a horizon reaching from Troy Id-IIc into Central Europe, encompassing the Baden of the Carpathian Basin and the CoÅ£ofeni culture of Romania. According to Hermann Parzinger, there are also typological connections to Poliochne IIa-b and Sitagroi IV.

Economy

Agriculture is in evidence, along with domestic livestock. There is evidence of grape cultivation.{{Citation needed|date=December 2022}} Metallurgy was practiced.{{Citation needed|date=December 2022}}

Interpretation

Within the context of the Kurgan hypothesis, it would represent a fusion of native “Old European culture” and intrusive “Kurgan culture” elements. It could also represent an Anatolian-influenced culture, either coming from Anatolia (in Renfrew’s hypothesis), or heading to Asia Minor.

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Sources

• G.Il. Georgiev et al. (eds.), Ezero, rannobronzovoto selishte. Sofii︠a︡ : Izd-vo na BÅ­lgarskata akademii︠a︡ na naukite, Arkheologicheski institut 1979 (excavation report of Tell Ezero).
• BOOK, Mallory, J. P., J. P. Mallory, Adams, Douglas Q., Douglas Q. Adams, 1997, Ezero culture, Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture,books.google.com/books?id=tzU3RIV2BWIC, Taylor & Francis, 188, 1884964982,

External links

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