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Les environs:

Bahşili StonesSestos Decree

Localisation:

  • Turquie, Keçili
  • geo:40.294029,26.427389
  • Précision ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • -1200~ / unknown

Classification:

  • Sanctuaire
  • Visible

Identificateurs:

  • vici:place=38847

Annotations

Il n'y a pas une annotation en français. Présenté est une annotation en Anglais.

The reason for erecting menhirs is not clear whether it was for  practical or ritual purposes. The structures were erected in the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age and continued to be used till Roman times,

See:

  1. Onur Özbek, Menhirs in the Graveyards: Fact or Fiction? A Reconsideration of erected Stone Monuments of Gallipoli Peninsula. In: Onur Özbek (Hrsg.), Funeral rites, rituals and ceremonies from prehistory to antiquity, Proceedings of the International Workshop "Troas and its Neighbours", Çanakkale and Ören 2-6 October 2006. Istanbul, Institut Français d'Etudes Anatoliennes Georges-Dumezil 2008, pp. 83-96

The reason for erecting menhirs is not clear whether it was for  practical or ritual purposes. The structures were erected in the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age and continued to be used till Roman times,

See:

  1. Onur Özbek, Menhirs in the Graveyards: Fact or Fiction? A Reconsideration of erected Stone Monuments of Gallipoli Peninsula. In: Onur Özbek (Hrsg.), Funeral rites, rituals and ceremonies from prehistory to antiquity, Proceedings of the International Workshop "Troas and its Neighbours", Çanakkale and Ören 2-6 October 2006. Istanbul, Institut Français d'Etudes Anatoliennes Georges-Dumezil 2008, pp. 83-96

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Bahşili Stones (5 km)

Bahşili standing stones

Sestos (6 km)

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Sestos Decree (6 km)

Ancient Greek decree.