Kanda Geoglyph

41°49′42″N 21°57′24″E / 41.82833°N 21.95667°E / 41.82833; 21.95667

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.^[1]

In 2014 international researchers investigating the geoglyph concluded that the variance corresponds to the presence of a cavity inside the hill, presumed to be a few tens of meters beneath the surface.^[1] It is believed^{[by whom?]} 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.^[1]

Further analysis

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.^[1] This hypothesis has not yet been confirmed through the use of geophysical survey techniques such as ground-penetrating radar.^[1]

References

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 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 (inactive 2024-07-28). S2CID 55433555.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2024 (link)

[Journal_of_A&A-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 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 (inactive 2024-07-28). S2CID 55433555.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2024 (link)

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