Chotnica

Tell settlement site of the Late Neolithic, c late 5th-early 4th millennium BC, in northern Bulgaria. The cultures found represent regional variants on Rumanian groups of the lower Danube Valley. There are three main occupation horizons: I, with pits and post holes and a rich pottery assemblage; II, Boian level with ceramics; and III, a complete village plan with over 15 houses. A hoard of 44+ gold ornaments was found in the third horizon.

[Hotnica]. A long-lived tell settlement site of the later Neolithic period, located in the Yantra Valley in north Bulgaria and dated to the late 5th to early 4th millennium be. The cultures found represent regional variants on Rumanian groups of the lower Danube valley and occur in three main occupation horizons: I, a thin Dude§TI level with pits and post holes, associated with a rich pottery assemblage; II, a Boian level with ceramics of the Boian II phase; and III, a thick horizon of the Gumelnita culture, in which a complete village plan with over 15 houses is known. In the smallest structure in the Gumelnita village was found the Chotnica hoard of 44 or 48 gold ornaments (4 pendants and 40 or 44 bracelets). The exact context of the hoard inside the building is still unknown.