10 February - 25 March 2018 【Close-Up Exhibition】Twenty-five Years of Excavations in Bulgaria -Archaeological Report from West Asia 2017-

　Bulgaria, located in the southeastern part of the Balkan Peninsula, is a place of contact between Europe and West Asia. Cultural events such as the diffusion of agriculture and pastoralism, urban civilization, and Indo-European languages, all passed through this region to the west into Europe. The Thracia investigation team from Tokai University has undertaken excavations for 25 years (since 1984) at the Dyadovo site.
Dyadovo in southeastern Bulgaria, settled from Chalcolithic period (ca. 4400 BC) to the Middle Ages (12th century), is a 18 m high “tell” (artificial mound) site, typical in West Asia. The Tokai University team excavations focused on the Bronze Age (3rd millennium BC) layers, and worked on determining the circumstances of a prehistoric village and its inhabitants.
In this exhibition, the results of the Japanese team during a quarter of a century of excavation at this Bulgarian prehistoric site are presented through excavated finds, panels, video, and a maquette.