Megalithic Monuments and Cult Practices

Proceedings of the Second International Symposium Blagoevgrad, 12-15 October 2016

CONTENTS

Megalithic Monuments in Sarnena Gora, Brezovo Municipality

Valeria Fol, Oleg Konstantinov

Mushrooms and the Wine of Maron

Carl A.P. Ruck

Rock Cut Monuments and Megaliths in the Context of

Thraco-Phrygian Migration

Gocha R. Tsetskhladze

Geological Setting and Mineralogical Variability of Prehistoric Artifacts in

Megalithic Europe: Comparison between the Carnac Area in France and the Black

Sea Area (Including Sakar) in Bulgaria

Ruslan I. Kostov

Eneolithic Projection System for Astronomical Observations on the Territory of

Megalithic Sanctuary near the Village of Kovil (Municipality of Krumovgrad,

Kurdzhali District)

Penka V. Maglova, Alexey D. Stoev, Mina A. Spasova, Boyan G. Benev

Cult of the Dead: Evidence from the South Indian Megaliths

K. P. Rao, V. Ramabrahmam

Monumental Rock Images in the Megalithic Sanctuaries on the Balkans

Vassil Markov

Mystery of Creation: On the Interpretation of an Orphic Cup

Vanya Lozanova-Stantcheva

Sacred in Cultural History: Naturalization and Personification

Nonka Bogomilova

Megalithic Monuments in Karachi, Sindh (Pakistan)

Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro

On Mounds and Mountains. “Megalithic Behaviours” in Bom Santo Cave,

Montejunto Mountain Range (Lisbon, Portugal)

António Faustino Carvalho

Euboea Island and the Transformation of the Late Bronze Age to the Early Iron

Age - Politics and Religious Objects

Alexander Portalski

Megalithic Sanctuary Pastolov Kamak to Strelcha – Structure and Possible

Interpretations.

Nikoleta Petkova

Discovery of a New Type of Megalith in Sredna Gora Mountain, Bulgaria

Martin Konstantinov

Les fouilles récentes du tumulus Kastas et le lion d’Amphipolis (2012-2014)

Katerina Peristeri

Objects of Everyday Life and their Ritual Dimension from Prehistoric Settlements

in the Struma Valley

Małgorzata Grębska-Kulow, Brent Whitford

The Cult Places in the Northern Proponis and the Gallipoli Peninsula (Thracian

Chersonese) of Turkish Thrace.

Zeynep KOÇEL ERDEM

On-going research at Myrina Kastro, Lemnos Island: current matters and points at

issue.

Christina Marangou

Τhe «Mητρῶο» of the Acropolis St. George in the Village Petrota of Rhodope

Stavros Kiotsekoglou

Pyramids in Greece.

Myrsini Spegis, Minas Papageorgiou, George Gousgounis

The "hidden" megaliths in Central Sredna Gora Mountain A look at the rock

sanctuaries – sub-mound temples relationship in the area of Starosel, Hisarya

Municipality.

Ivan Hristov

Some Problems Connected with the Study of Megalithic Complexes. The Skumsale

case II

Alexei Gotsev, Vassil Katzarov, Stanislava Staneva

Cave Sanctuary Haramiyska Dupka in the Rhodope Mountains

Hristina Valchanova

New Considerations Concerning the Findings in Brasov - Blumăna: “Field of Pits”

or Necropolis?

Dăvîncă Diana, Savu Lucica

Front Plates and Openings of Thracian Dolmens: Typology and Analysis

Yanko Dinchev

Gravierte ,,fantastische“ Tierbilder auf der kolchischen Axt

Nino Sulava

Dionysian Cult and Initiation into Altered States of Consciousness.

Evie Holmberg

Terebinth and Transgression: A Fresh Look at the Ancient Akedah

Dorothy Abram

The Ancient Cult of the Stone – The Mushroom Megalith from Dzhuvantzi

Angel Yankov

Ethnographic Research on the Continuous Use of Ancient Unorthodox Religious

Centers.

Dimitriya Spasova

The Stone – Faith and Beliefs from Bratsigovo

Georgi Mishev

Megalithic and Rock-Cut Monuments as Ritual Structures Related to Notions of

Life and Death and Belief in Eternal Life and Rebirth.

Anton Genov

Ancient Ritual Places and Pornography

Konstantinos Maritsas

The Role of Natural Light in the Life of Prehistoric People.

Emília Pásztor

Menhirs in Bulgaria and on the Balkan Peninsula.

Lyubomir Tsonev

Laser 3D scanning of rock-cut niches at the Shan Kaya site in the Eastern

Rhodopes with notes on their morphology..

Krassimir Andonov, Milush Blagoev, Ruslan I. Kostov

Integrated Geo-information System (GIS) and Megalithic Monuments Databases:

Quantity and Quality of the Parameters

Alexey Stoev, Penka Stoeva, Petar Getsov, Garo Mardirosyan

Geology, Geomorphology and Geophysical Fields in the Region of Rock-cut

Monuments and Megaliths in Bulgaria.

Alexey Stoev, Penka Stoeva, Garo Mardirosyan, Mina Spasova, Boyan Benev

Great Salbyk Barrow – Biggest of the Megalithic Monument in Siberia.

Leonid Marsadolov

The Scythian Dionysius Exiguus and His Invention of Anno Domini.

Sepp Rothwangl

Some Examples of Rock-Cut Structures in Southwestern Bulgaria.

Miroslav Ivanov, Brent Whitford, Geogre Manolev

Sun God and Mother Goddess Sanctuary near the Danube River

Evgeni Koev

Re-Signification of Thracian Cultural Elements in Culture Contact and Identity

Building Processes.

Anna Gasparetto

Megalithic Culture as a Phenomenon of Cultural Tourism in Bulgaria

Mina Spasova, Penka Stoeva, Svetla Dimitrova, Alexey Stoev

At the Heart of the Sredna Gora Mountain. Lilac Sanctuary with Megalithic Stele –

an Example for Promoting the Megalithic Cultural Heritage

Petya Kirilova

Contributors.