By the rivers of Nova Nadezhda: dynamics of human–environment interaction at a prehistoric site in Upper Thrace

The archaeological site of Nova Nadezhda is located on a T1 terrace on the right bank of the Maritsa River and on the left bank of its right tributary, the Dermen Dere stream. Comparison of the grain-size and mineral composition of sediments from the site and natural deposits from the Maritsa and the Dermen Dere suggests that the stream recurrently flooded the eastern part of the site in the later prehistory (6th and 5th mill. BC) and later shifted its course to the east. Terrace sediments and later incisions of the Maritsa and the Dermen Dere are obvious in 2D resistivity images.