EBA Anatolian Influences in Southeast Europe: Some New Examples from Thrace
EBA Anatolian Influences in Southeast Europe: Some New Examples from Thrace

Summary/Abstract: Old and new finds belonging to EBA II and III are considered. Most of all, these are the artefacts from Mikhalich, Constantsia, Ezero, Dubene, etc. Some of them are imports into Thrace and are commented enough in the specialised literature. Others were made in Anatolian style. A stone cup in the collection of the village of Svezhen, Plovdiv region, may also be indicated as an example. It is made of serpentinite, probably of local origin. However, its decoration has a very good parallel in one silver vessel of Anatolian origin. On the other hand, some finds from the Anatolian region evidence to the two-sided process of influence and contacts during EBA III and later. The data give reason to confirm the conclusion that contacts with Anatolia are certain at least since EBA II, and this is discernible in the artefacts considered, while they are considerable during EBA III.

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