Kırıkköy menhirs
The Kırıkköy menhirs form several stone circles on the eponymous hill in the Turkish Thrace , about two kilometers south of Çömlekakpınar in the municipality of Lalapaşa , Edirne province .
They were discovered in 1969 by R. Esin, whose results and photos were published by Ş. A. Kansu were published. Kansu identifies them as the remains of a burial ground of unknown date. The menhirs were examined by a team led by Mehmet Özdoğan and Rabia Erdoğu.
The Kırıkköy menhirs, arranged in several circles, are located on the Kırıkköy hill in the middle of a plain. They are located on a level platform and cover an area of 165 × 65 m. The entire group was marked by an oval trench with pointed ends. There is a tumulus at each of the pointed ends. The menhirs form three groups, two of which are relatively well preserved, the third was destroyed by agricultural use. Some stones have bowls 0.5 cm deep and V-shaped incisions.
literature
- Murat Akman, Megalithic Research in Thrace. Istanbul Communications 47, 1997.
- Rabia Erdoğu, John Chapman, Kirikköy, the largest megalithic complex in Turkish Thrace. In: Antaeus, Communicationes ex Instituto Archaeologico Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 25, 2002 (Eszter Bánffy (Ed.), Prehistoric studies in memoriam Ida Bognár-Kutzián). Budapest, Paul.
- Onur Özbek, Menhirs in the Graveyards: Fact or Fiction? A Reconsideration of erected Stone Monuments of Gallipoli Peninsula. In: Onur Özbek (Ed.), Funeral rites, rituals and ceremonies from prehistory to antiquity, Proceedings of the International Workshop “Troas and its Neighbors”, Çanakkale and Ören 2-6 October 2006 . Istanbul, Institut Français d'Etudes Anatoliennes Georges-Dumezil 2008, 83–96. ISBN 9789758072088 .
- Burçin Erdoğu, Rabia Erdoğu, John Chapman: Kirikköy - a Megalithic Complex in Turkish Thrace, in: Archaeological Reports 1999/2000, University of Durham, Excavation Committee; University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Committee for Excavation and Fieldwork 2000, pp. 44-56.
- Bakiye Yükmen: Anadolu Megalitleri - Doğu ve Güneydoğu Anadolu Dolmenleri Işığında (Megaliths of Anatolia) , Istanbul 2000.
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Coordinates: 41 ° 48 ′ 56 " N , 26 ° 38 ′ 11.2" E