Thracian Vaulted Sepulcher Located Near the Village of Prohorovo, Nova Zagora Municipality

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Pages: 51-66
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54664/ZZAT9237

Abstract:

The subject of the present study is the recent discovery of a Thracian sepulcher, found in barrow II of the necropolis located in Bogoshina area. It is rectangular in shape with round corners and, although in the past it was vaulted, now it is preserved only to the level of the vault. The burial facility comprises of a burial chamber and a dromos with a total length of 6.70 m and maximum width of 3.40 m. The analysis of the archaeological situation, the architectural type of the tomb, as well as the existing analogues regarding its plan and the building techniques used, point that it was constructed around the 5th – 4th c. BC

Keywords:

Thracian sepulcher; necropolis; Bogoshina

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