This text examines the gold objects found in southern Bulgaria, with an emphasis on those from the ritual structures near Dabene, Karlovo and similar ones from Troy, Poliochny and Eskiapar in Anatolia. An attempt is made to make a general typological comparison between them, and attention is also paid to the technology of manufacture. The level of likeness of the objects is pointed out, as well as the similarities and variations in the technology of production as far as it is known. On this basis, the similarities and differences in the complex materials in the two regions compared in the text, southern Bulgaria and western Anatolia, are assessed. It is assumed that the territory of southern Bulgaria has a special place in the production and use of gold objects and complex ornaments. These are typologically different from those known in western Anatolia.
Martin Hristov (Mon,) studied this question.