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ТРАКИЙСКИТЕ ОЛТАРИ – ЗНАЧИМОСТ, ТЕРЕННА РЕСТАВРАЦИЯ, ОПАЗВАНЕ
THRACIAN ALTARS – IN SITU RESTORATION, IMPORTANCE, PRESERVATION

Author(s): Dimcho Radev
Subject(s): History, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Archaeology, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Cultural history, Visual Arts, Comparative history, Ethnohistory, History of ideas, Social history, Ancient World, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Sociology of Art, History of Art, Prehistory
Published by: Асоциация за антропология, етнология и фолклористика ОНГЬЛ
Keywords: thracian decorated altar; cultic fireplace; sacrificial altar; clay tamped ritual site;

Summary/Abstract: The article is focused on a specific type of artifacts, made on the terrain from clay and then roasted. In most cases they have been created in Thrace in the period III-I cent. BC. In our archaeological literature they are denoted by the Greek word “eskhara” (platform for sacrifices), but we shall use here the term “altar”. In the process of the archaeological excavations many factors directly affect the stability and integrity of the altar and determine the appropriate restoration methodology. In the Bulgarian archaeological practice over the past decade restorers are usually not included in the terrain work. This approach brought to extremely negative results and irreversible loss of valuable information. Incompetent treatment and storage of the altars makes the archeological study senseless, hinders the identification and scientific interpretation of the altars. The author insists that a change in the treatment of the Thracian altars has to be done.

  • Issue Year: 22/2023
  • Issue No: 22
  • Page Range: 99-111
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Bulgarian
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