Henrieta Todorova, who has led
excavations in the region. “Many
people are reluctant to believe that
but it is true. It is obvious from
the social structure in 5,000 BC
which is adequate to the scientific
requirements for the creation of a
civilization.”
The Rise of the Varna
Culture
According to Dr Vladimir Slavchev,
curator at the Varna Regional
Museum of History, the Varna culture can be attributed to a number
of important factors.
for the concentration of power in
the hands of a restricted group of
significant and respected community members,” he added.
Its emergence was the result
of “new elements in social and
economic development – mining, metallurgy and the related
increase in long-distance trade and
exchange,” Dr Slavchev told iSpectrum Magazine. “The separation of
crafts and proto-trade from farming
and agriculture provided conditions
Evidence suggests that it was
between 4600 and 4200 BC, when
gold smithing first started in Varna.
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