Ceramic kilns for smelting copper ore dating to the minute one-half of the sixth century BC accept been discovered inward the ancient Greek metropolis of Apollonia Pontica nigh the Black Sea town of Sozopol (Sozopolis) inward southeast Bulgaria.
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| Several kilns accept been constitute at the site of the ancient copper mine nigh Apollonia Pontica, today’s Sozopol on the Black Sea coast inward Southeast Republic of Bulgaria [Credit: Darik Burgas] |
“The [kilns] demonstrate the highly developed as well as specialized scheme of copper ore extraction as well as processing inside the real mine," says Dimitar Nedev, Director of the Sozopol Museum of Archaeology.
The digs started equally rescue excavations inward Oct 2018 subsequently tree logging trucks compromised the terrain, Nedev reveals.
“This uncovering is of extreme significance for Bulgarian archaeology, as well as maybe 1 of the major archaeological events of 2018," the local museum managing director said.
The uncovering marks the commencement fourth dimension ancient metallurgy furnaces accept been constitute nigh Bulgaria’s Sozopol merely exterior the immediate territory of the ancient polis.
Amphorae as well as other pottery imported from the Greek islands of Chios as well as Samos recovered at the site holler for that copper ore extraction as well as processing began presently subsequently the founding of Apollonia Pontica inward the early on 7th century BC.
The furnaces were constitute on the northern gradient of 'Copper Ridge', as well as are 2 types: the commencement was used for 'frying', that is, removing the sulfur from the copper ore concentrate; the minute type were the melting kilns.
The copper ore inward 'Copper Ridge' was extracted inward an open-air mine, without shafts or tunnels, amongst a diametre of most 1.2 kilometres.
The researchers believe they accept too identified 3 to a greater extent than groups of kilns inward the area, as well as are hopeful of locating the miners’ camp.
Source: Archaeology inward Republic of Bulgaria [November 02, 2018]
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