Mr. Plamen Milanov 

       Curator - Balkan Neolithic / Chalcolithic Collection

Mr. Plamen Milanov was born and currently resides in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.  He graduated from secondary school (a sport college) in 1997.  The same year he applied at Sofia University for the subject Archaeology.  He earned a bachelor degree in Archaeology and History in 2003 and his masters degree in Prehistory in 2005.  Mr. Milanov has been a part of numerous excavations of many important sites: Tell Kozareva Mogila, Tell Slatina in the present city of Sofia, a Thracian tumular necropolis near Vratsa, a Christian basilica in ancient Dorustorum, a Hellenistic necropolis of Appolonia Pontica, to name a few.

Some of the dominant concentrations of his study have been: Neolithic and Chalcolithic anthropomorphic plastic from Bulgaria, anthropomorphic plastic from the culture Gradeshnitsa and anthropomorphic plastic from the Sofia region.  The subject of his diploma work was "Anthropomorphic plastic from Tell Hotnitsa".  The figurines from that site have not been published up to that moment, so this work appears to be a contribution to Bulgarian Prehistoric science.  His current efforts work with prehistoric art and his recent research is focused on "Stone-copper age clay rattles – ways of interpretation", the title of his next paper.

Along with his scholastic degrees, Mr. Milanov possesses a degree to lead an archaeological excavation work camp and is in the process of completing his thesis for a doctorate in Archaeology.  His love for prehistory and early civilization is a perfect match for his beautiful historic homeland and residency - Bulgaria!  A land believed to be the origin of civilization that later came to spread to the rest of the European continent.