What is a tell? Settlement in fifth millennium Bulgaria

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Prehistoric tells dominate the archaeology of Neolithic, Eneolithic and Early Bronze Age southeastern Europe. Tells are best defined and understood within these elite-managed systems of agricultural production. They are small but critical tools in the management of labour and resources. Tells are best defined and understood within these elite-managed systems of agricultural production. They are small but critical tools in the management of labour and resources. It has long been assumed that tell settlements represent a long-term continuity of permanent occupation. If people were moving to and from tells at different times of the year and if the late Eneolithic tells were primarily used for high-yield cereal agriculture, then the assumption that the demographies of tell communities were stable in size and organization needs rethinking. Burials and anthropomorphic imagery illustrate a social reality in which people actively expressed their relationships with each other in both the public sphere of burial and the more private sphere of buildings.

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