Karanovo culture spanned 62nd to 55th centuries BC in Bulgaria. It formed largest agrarian settlements in Azmak River Valley. Tell site had 18 buildings for 100 inhabitants. Inhabited continuously from early 7th to early 2nd millennia BC. Served as foundation for East Balkan cultural sequence. Featured seven phases paralleling Starčevo to Early Bronze Age. Karanovo I continued Near Eastern settlement type. Karanovo VI collapsed around 4000 BC without conquest or resettlement. Produced white-painted pottery and dark-painted vessels. Included Gumelnita Lovers fertility statuette from 5000-4750 BCE. Developed Karanovo macroblade technology with yellow flint blades 100mm long. Karanovo II influenced Thracian culture. Featured coarsely made ware like pitchers and cylindrical vases. Burial practices matched Kremikovci, Dudesti, and Ovcarovo cultures. Part of Danube civilization and Old Europe. Linked to Gumelnița–Kodžadermen-Karanovo VI complex.