Karanovo, Burgas Province, a village in the Aytos municipality, Burgas Province
The most prominent archeological site is in the nearby village of Karanovo.
Dating and research points to the influence of this culture to other Balcanic (Karanovo I-II and Starčevo-Körös) which seem to originate here, and will be these which will stimulate the birth of the important Danubian Neolithic current.
In Karanovo III: Beiträge zum Neolithikum in Südosteuropa, ed.
The discontinuity of the Varna, Karanovo, Vinča and Lengyel cultures in their main territories and the large scale population shifts to the north and northwest are indirect evidence of a catastrophe of such proportions that cannot be explained by possible climatic change, Desertification, or epidemics.
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It is conventionally dated between 4400-4100 BC, that is, contemporary with Karanovo in the South.
Gafuri was born to a Tatar-speaking teacher family, in the village of Zilim-Karanovo (now Gafuriysky District, Bashkortostan).