Ezero culture

The Ezero culture, 3300—2700 BCE, is a Bronze Age archaeological culture occupying most of present-day Bulgaria.

It takes its name from the Tell-settlement of Ezero.Ezero follows the copper age cultures of the area (Karanovo VI culture, Gumelniţa culture, Kodzadjemen culture and Varna culture), after a settlement hiatus in Northern Bulgaria.

It bears some relationship to the earlier Cernavodă III culture to the north.

Some settlements were fortified.

The Ezero culture is interpreted as part of a larger Balkan-Danubian early Bronze Age complex, a horizon reaching from Troy Id-IIc into Central Europe, encompassing the Baden of the Carpathian Basin and the Coţofeni culture of Romania.

Agriculture is in evidence, along with domestic livestock.

There is evidence of grape cultivation.

Metallurgy was practiced.