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 edit
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 edit
- ^ 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.