Kanda Geoglyph
41°49′42″N 21°57′24″E / 41.82833°N 21.95667°E
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The Kanda Geoglyph is a geoglyph located in the central parts of North Macedonia, near the town of Sveti Nikole in the Ovce Pole area.[citation needed] Aerial photography has shown that the geoglyph is an oval-shaped hill and can only be seen perfectly from above.[1] An aerial analysis using an infrared camera revealed a different composition of the soil in the hill compared to the surrounding soil.[2]
In 2014 international researchers have investigated the geoglyph and concluded that the variance corresponds to the presence of a cavity inside the hill presumably only a few tens of meters beneath the surface.[2] It is believed that the hill at Kanda is a cairn with an inner chamber or that the hill was raised on top of an existing hill to form the cairn thus increasing its original height.[2]
The Kanda Geoglyph is located a few kilometers from the Paeonian archaeological site of Bylazora.[citation needed] Some Macedonian archaeologists believe that the Kanda Geoglyph might be a tumulus containing a grave of a Slavic chieftain or an ancient Macedonian king.[citation needed]
Further analysis
Researchers, using an instrument to measure infrasound vibrations, realized there was the possibility of the existence of an underground water stream, deeper than the cavities of the tumulus.[2] This hypothesis has not yet been confirmed through the use of geophysical survey techniques such as ground-penetrating radar.[2][1]
References
- ^ a b Nikolic, Domagoj. "Archaeoastronomy at Kanda geoglyph, Macedonia". Research Gate. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ a b c d e Debertolis, Paolo; Nikolić, Domagoj; Tarabella, Natalia (December 2016). "Archaeoastronomy at Kanda geoglyph, Macedonia". Journal of Anthropology and Archaeology. 4 (2): 59–71. doi:10.15640/jaa.v4n2a3. S2CID 55433555.