Geoarchaeological Studies in The Sboryanovo National Reserve (North-East Bulgaria)
Geoarchaeological Studies in The Sboryanovo National Reserve (North-East Bulgaria)
Proceedings of the International Conference, 29-30 October 2008, Sofia, Publishing House St. Ivan Rilski, Sofia, 367-373.
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Fig. 5. The entrance of the tomb under tumulus 13 with an iron clamp
fastened by lead
Fig. 4. The tumulus 13 with the entrance and the three layers
corresponding to the stages of the construction of the tumulus
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Fig. 7. Tumulus 12 with the destroyed by the earthquake tomb and the
profile showing the three main stages of the piling of the tumulus
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Fig. 11. Tumulus 13: symmetrical flaking of the roof blocks lateral
opening of the chamber, due to the born high vertical pressure
Fig. 12. Tumulus 13: lateral opening of the chamber, due to the born high
vertical pressure
The stability of the tombs under the tumuli and the perfect
preservation of the architectural, sculptured and painted
decoration, as well as of the objects gave ground to develop a
specific approach to one of the most important problems of our
modern society the deposition of the nuclear wastes. The
archaeological and geological analogues from the geoarchaeological studies of the Thracian monuments could give
more objective data and create a reliable base for the future
constructions of the radioactive waste repositories (Evstatiev et
al., 2004).
Fig. 10. The Great Sveshtari tumulus with the destroyed by the
earthquake tomb; the column in the centre of the tomb is one of the
indicative elements
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