 I would like to offer you a brief overview of Gallegro's age in Bulgarian lands. There is no comprehensive synopsis of the period to date. Gallegro's age chronology and stratigraphy have not yet been well defined as compared to those of the early Bronze Age. It was only in the last few decades that the middle Bronze Age has been identified in Bulgaria. A transitional period to the early Iron Age was recognized as a number of features and pottery shapes continued into the first millennium BC. In the late second millennium, a change in the settlement pattern occurred. Numerous tells were abandoned and our archaeological material originates mainly from big centuries. Seasonal settlements with non-monumental architecture appeared on hills and mountainous slopes, some of which showed traces of fortification. Fortified sites up in the mountains would become typical for the Tracian early Iron Age. In this respect, two key sites should be mentioned. One is Agateque and Dragoyna, built in the Rodope Mountains. Seasonal occupation was related either to trans-human economy or to metallurgy. Pottery evidence suggests a revival of the early Bronze Age greyware termed Anatolian greyware West Observed Troy. Examples of possible Anatolian imports were detected at Dragoyna site. As you can see, all the sites where possible Anatolian imports occurred. This type of pottery survived into the early Iron Age, becoming an Eolian bukero in Anatolia. The first millennium BC survivors can be termed, can be seen at Gaskileon and Gordian. Files from Bulgaria were previously called Tracian greyware, but now Anatolian impulses are well recognized. Imports of metal vessels probably stimulated new shapes and types of greyware in the lakebrows and early Iron Age in Trace. Anatolian types of lakebrows aged Afra and greyware were tested at Dragoyna. Coronated boats with two high handers were excavated at the Veretitsa site near Burgas, close to the sea coast. These shapes are known from Troy 6 and 7a. The site yielded vessels with nocks on high handers, also found in Troy 6d to F and 8-way diesel tunnel. Most of the material dates between 1600 and 1400, but some of the finds belong to 13th and 12th century BC. Unfortunately, there are no architectural remains from this site. For western Anatolia, Mycenaean impulse was suggested for the northern part of the Aegean sea coast. Well to the south, Mycenaean presence or colonization preceded by a Minoan occupation was observed. Mycenaean Aegean imported or influenced vessels were found at Coquivlan, Southeastern Bulgaria along the Lower Nestos Valley, near a slope in the same region and at Dragoyna site. Thus, communication routes can be traced in southern Bulgarian lands along the Strumund and Nestos valleys as well as in the Rodog Mountains. The Aegean contacts were well-attested from the 15th century BC onwards. At the end of the late Bronze Age and the beginning of the early Iron Age, a reverse direction of influences were detected as handmade knockware appeared at Troy. Greyware of Balkan origin was detected in Troy 7b1. Vessels in the same tradition appeared at Duskileon and Gordian in the 12th and 11th century BC. In Troy, this very beginning of the early Iron Age was termed fluted ware horizon or knockware horizon depending on which element you wish to focus. This type of pottery is generally accepted to be originating in Dobroja in the northeast of Troy. Thus, while for the Anatolian elements of traditional late Bronze Age, influences can be assumed, for the reverse process, a Balkan presence or migrations could be considered, or simply just an archaeological visibility just at that time for unknown reasons. Metallurgy was crucial for the development of late Bronze Age societies. Recent research revealed ancient exploitation of gold, silver and copper mines in the late Bronze Age treasure lands. Temporary settlements and sanctuaries appeared around such mining centers. A gateque near Krumov Gat, south east of Bulgaria, is some of the best studied sites of prehistoric mining. Rectangular houses with stone foundations and water doped aquastructure dated to the first quarter of the 15th century were excavated. In the 13th century, the upper part of the site was fortified by a stone wall. A sanctuary, probably serving the miners living there, appeared in the 14th and 13th century. Referring to metallurgy, two case studies will be presented, late Bronze Age stone and bronze scepters and the coppering gods. Two stray finds of stone-made scepters find good parallels in the find from Lubroon shipwreck. The one from Rurin and the other from Glovan. The maze from Lubroon has long been interpreted as showing connections with the bulkers. Similar stone-mases and bronze examples were found in the eastern bulkers. The latter suggests metal prototypes of the stone axes. The stone molds for similar growth scepters from Arasgrat, northeast of Bulgaria supplement the evidence. The concentration of these finds seems to coincide with sites of gold and copper deposits and could be related to metallurgy development. Decorative patterns of the stone and bronze scepters, as you have seen on the previous slides, display Mycenaean affinities. On the other hand, one cannot miss the parallel with the croaked scepter of the Hittite kings. These stone and bronze scepters could have marked the appearance of new elites that owed their prosperity to metal extraction, production and trade. The picture could be supplemented by the distribution of another type of metal artefacts, copper ingots. Although none of the oxide ingots were found in archeological contexts, their characteristics is again mainly in the eastern Tracian lands. Some were found in hordes of gross objects, others were partially damaged, suggesting that they were associated with metal production. All oxide ingots are comparable in shape, size, weight and technology of casting with those from the eastern Mediterranean. In addition, some of them were sized from different leg-grows, HIGs, crits. Most of their finding spots, however, were located in areas where copper and gold deposit existed and some were exploited in antiquity. These are sites in the Strangia mountain along the southwestern Black Sea littoral and the eastern Rodeau mountains. To a great extent, their distribution coincides with finds of the stone and bronze scepters. Although no context information is available for these types of objects, they are suggestive for the possible routes of communication in the leg-grows age. They testify not only to maritime routes, but also to those along the river valleys and the lower mountain passes, suggesting a southeast-northwest route. The quest for metal was obvious. The two case studies presented aimed at showing the involvement of tracer lands in leg-grows age in the eastern Mediterranean communication network, stimulated by the development of the metallurgy. To conclude, leg-grows age saw a growth of metallurgy in tracer lands and the according to reorganization of settlements. The search for metal deposits defines most of the maritime and land routes in the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean. The change in settlement pattern and the gradual transition to the early Iron Age support the idea that tracers were present there from the mid-second millennium BC onwards. Anatolian affinities and influences are better recognized in early-grows age and mid-grows age rates. To the extent that some scours assume a giant Anatolian colonization in some sites in southern Bulgaria. Both western Anatolian and southeastern trades participated in the Eastern Gen trade and cultural networking. A few sites in southeastern Bulgaria have recently offered Anatolian parallels. In the late second and early first millennium BC, the interaction seems to have taken a reverse direction. However, speechless and ethnic-terriversy archaeological finds remain. One can still hypothesize entration presence in north-western Anatolia at that time. Against this background it is puzzling that linguists are looking even for a museum language in the late second millennium western Anatolia but do not mention the word for possible occurrence of tracers there. Further on, better archaeological investigation in the western Anatolia will probably set more light on the ethnic processes in the Balkan Anatolian region. Thank you.