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Figure 2. EN cultures in North Macedonia (Fidanoski 2009a).
ear ly neolithic in north macedonia and bulgar ia: geogr aphical and cultur al r elations 17
mov’s opinion (2009c, 26). Recently, a relative- North Macedonia and western Bulgaria. In the
ly new idea about the first Neolithic pathways in central part of this geographical analysis there
North Macedonia was suggested by Zdravkovski are three sites containing EN and MN phas-
(2006, 99; 2009, 20) – that Pelagonia was initial- es/layers: Cerje-Govrlevo, Barutnica-Amza-
ly inhabited, after which the Neolithic commu- begovo and Kovačevo – group 1. The EN sites
nities migrate towards the Polog, the Skopje and of Pelagonia: Čuka-Topolčani, Vrbanjska Ču-
Ovče Pole Plains, from where through Bregalni- ka-Slavej and Veluška Tumba-Porodin, belong
ca valleythey head eastwards to Struma valley. to the so called group 2. The EN and MN sites:
Slatina-Sofia (Sofia Plain), Gălăbnik (Radomir
Considering the already set theses for natu- Plain), Vaksevo, Krajnici, Kovačevo (Struma
ral communications as the basis for the EN path- Valley), and Rakitovo (Rhodope massif), belong
ways of movements and contacts, thus support- to group 3. From a geographical point of view,
ed by the rich material culture, I consider that a group 1 has direct natural communications with
model of territorial “borderlines” should be es- the other two groups, and maybe has the best po-
tablished (Fig 1–3). sition (set in this artificially reduced region). Ac-
cordingly, group 1 through the valley of Vardar
Namely, by reduction of the geographical and Babuna Mountain, Veles region, or through
space one internal model of geographical com-
munication can be obtained, including only
Figure 2. EN cultures in North Macedonia (Fidanoski 2009a).
ear ly neolithic in north macedonia and bulgar ia: geogr aphical and cultur al r elations 17
mov’s opinion (2009c, 26). Recently, a relative- North Macedonia and western Bulgaria. In the
ly new idea about the first Neolithic pathways in central part of this geographical analysis there
North Macedonia was suggested by Zdravkovski are three sites containing EN and MN phas-
(2006, 99; 2009, 20) – that Pelagonia was initial- es/layers: Cerje-Govrlevo, Barutnica-Amza-
ly inhabited, after which the Neolithic commu- begovo and Kovačevo – group 1. The EN sites
nities migrate towards the Polog, the Skopje and of Pelagonia: Čuka-Topolčani, Vrbanjska Ču-
Ovče Pole Plains, from where through Bregalni- ka-Slavej and Veluška Tumba-Porodin, belong
ca valleythey head eastwards to Struma valley. to the so called group 2. The EN and MN sites:
Slatina-Sofia (Sofia Plain), Gălăbnik (Radomir
Considering the already set theses for natu- Plain), Vaksevo, Krajnici, Kovačevo (Struma
ral communications as the basis for the EN path- Valley), and Rakitovo (Rhodope massif), belong
ways of movements and contacts, thus support- to group 3. From a geographical point of view,
ed by the rich material culture, I consider that a group 1 has direct natural communications with
model of territorial “borderlines” should be es- the other two groups, and maybe has the best po-
tablished (Fig 1–3). sition (set in this artificially reduced region). Ac-
cordingly, group 1 through the valley of Vardar
Namely, by reduction of the geographical and Babuna Mountain, Veles region, or through
space one internal model of geographical com-
munication can be obtained, including only
