Tell Yunatsite

Tell Yunatsite, also known as Ploskata mogila, is situated in the Pazardzhik Province of southern Bulgaria, some 8 kilometres to the west of the district capital Pazardzhik [1]. The tell stands 12 metres above modern ground level and has a diameter of 110 m [1]. It is situated on a low terrace at the right bank of the former Topolnitsa riverbed near to its confluence with the Maritsa River (ca. 5 km or 3 mi away from the site) [1]. Medieval, Roman, Iron Age, Early Bronze Age, and Copper Age periods have all been attested at the site [1]. The Copper Age tell is associated with the Karanovo culture [1]. The tell contains the remains of at least 30 settlements placed one over the other [1]. Various peoples had settled at the tell altogether for more than 6,000 years, at least from the Early Chalcolithic (5000 BCE) onwards [1]. Tell Yunatsite is one of the most important sites for revealing the cultural development of the Early Bronze Age in Thrace [1].