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“Zoomorphous applications,gold” Photo credit:Varna Regional Museum of History is licensed under CC-BY-SA-3.0 Zoomorphous applications, gold, Eneolithic necropolis – Varna,grave 36 - late Eneolithic Period As advances were made, and craftsmen mastered metallurgy of copper and gold, the inhabitants now had something extremely valuable to trade. Increased contacts with neighbours both north and south eventually opened up trade relations within the Black Sea and Mediterranean region, which was of great importance for the development of the society. Archaeological evidence, such as clay models of boats found in the region, suggest that ship building was already very advanced in the Late Chalcolithic Period, and that mari9 time trade was highly developed. The deep bay, along which the settlements of Varna, provided a comfortable harbor for ships sailing across the Black Sea and Varna became a prosperous trading center.