Doğu Trakya’daki Bir Grup Tümülüsün Tarihlendirmesine Dair Farklı Bir Bakış: Topkoru Tümülüsleri
A Different Perspective on The Dating of a Group of Tumuli in Thrace: Topkoru Tumuli

Summary/Abstract: The Thrace Region is very rich in terms of tumulus grave practice. The region is also known to have tumulus type burials in the Early Iron Age. The Taşlıcabayır Tumulus excavated in the village of Asilbeyli in the central district of Kırklareli has long been regarded as a key centre for Early Iron Age research in Eastern Thrace. The recently discovered and rescued tumuli of Topkoru A, B and C on the foothills of Strandja Mountains were also evaluated within the chronological framework proposed for Taşlıcabayır. However, the recent researches in the Balkan region have changed many known data about the Early Iron Age cultural structure of the Thracian Region. In this study, the dating proposals for the Topkoru Tumuli will be discussed and in the light of the increasing archaeological data in other parts of Thrace, a new dating proposal will be presented based on the analogical comparison of the stonework used in one of these tumuli in the context of the development of both the ceramics found in the tumuli and the stone-architected city type throughout the region. In addition, the ‘Late Bronze Age’ terminology used for the Topkoru Tumuli will be criticised in a chronological framework.

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