Summary
This work is devoted to jewelry production during the Early Bronze Age (EBA) in Thrace and the Aegean. The work is based on archaeological sources from present-day Bulgaria, Greece, and Western Turkey. The topic is popular in archaeological literature, but has not been the subject of comprehensive supra-regional research. The Early Bronze Age in Thrace and the Balkans marks a turning point in the prehistory of the region with the emergence of new burial customs, metallurgical innovations, craft specialisation, and the rapid expansion of interconnected trade networks and contacts that facilitated the spread of diverse products and ideas. Despite the recognized importance of Thrace, scholars working in Aegean Bronze Age archaeology still rarely examine Thracian jewelry production in detail. Intensive archaeological excavations in recent decades and new discoveries shed new light on the development of EBA societies in Thrace and allow us to examine the role and place of Thrace in the world of the third millennium BC through the prism of jewelry production.