Tumulus as Sema: Space, Politics, Culture and Religion in the First Millennium BC (Topoi – Berlin Studies of the Ancient World/Topoi – Berliner Studien der Alten Welt Book 27)

Die Reihe Topoi. Berlin Studies of the Ancient World versammelt Beiträge aus allen altertumswissenschaftlichen Disziplinen, von der Ur- und Frühgeschichte über die Klassische Archäologie bis zur antiken Philosophie, Wissenschaftstheorie und Theologie. Einen Schwerpunkt bilden Monographien und Sammelbände, in denen die Forschungsergebnisse des Exzellenzclusters Topoi vorgestellt werden. Weitere Schwerpunkte sind in Planung. Das Exzellenzcluster Topoi untersucht die Formation und Transformation von Raum und Wissen in den antiken Zivilisationen. Topoi wird von der Freien Universität Berlin und der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin gemeinsam getragen. Partner sind die Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, das Deutsche Archäologische Institut, das Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte und die Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz. Topoi ist darüber hinaus mit vielen weiteren universitären und außeruniversitären Einrichtungen vernetzt. Näheres unter www.topoi.org. Ausgewählte Titel aus der Reihe Topoi. Berliner Studien der Alten Welt werden gleichzeitig mit dem Erscheinen als Buch auch in digitaler Form im Internet frei zugänglich gemacht. Die Reihe versteht sich als Pilotprojekt für eine Verbindung des open-access-Gedankens mit der verlegerischen Betreuung von wissenschaftlichen Publikationen. Siehe Presseinformation vom 23. Juni 2009. Foreword 5 Abbreviations 7 Contents 9 Time Traveling Tumuli. The Many Lives of Bumps on the Ground. A General Introduction 15 Tumuli in the Western Mediterranean, 800–500 BC. A Review before the Istanbul Conference 23 Southern Mediterranean: Cyrene and Cyprus 47 Two Tumuli for Battus in the Agora of Cyrene 49 Tumuli as Power Political Statements. On Tumuli in Cyprus in an East Mediterranean and Anatolian Context 57 Greece, Albania and Macedonia 69 The Complex of Tumuli 9, 10 and 11 in the Necropolis of Apollonia (Albania). A Time Span from the Early Bronze Age to the Early Hellenistic Period 71 Social Landscape and Tumuli Burials in Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Southeastern Albania 89 Defining Landscape. The Prehistoric Tumulus at Lofkënd, Albania 103 Macedonian Grave Tumuli 115 The History of a Fourth Century BC Tumulus at Aigai/Vergina. Definitions in Space and Time 157 Tumulus and Memory. The Tumulus as a Locus for Ritual Action in the Greek Imagination 177 Forging a Link with the Past. The Evidence from Thessalian Cemeteries in the Archaic and Classical Periods(Plates 69–80) 195 Tumuli, Sema and Greek Oral Tradition 219 Thrace 233 Tumuli in Southeastern Thrace: On the Periphery? 235 On the Untraditional Use of Mounds in Thrace during the Late Iron Age 247 The Hellenistic Necropolis of the Getic Capital at Sboryanovo (Northeastern Bulgaria) 257 The Commemorative Rituals at Thracian Dolmens 275 The Thracian Tomb as Ritual Space of the Beyond 295 Early Tombs of Thrace. Questions of Chronology and Cultural Context 327 A Fifth Century BC Tumulus with a Wooden Sarcophagus of the Upper Mesta Valley 353 The Emergence and the Development of Tumuli in Eastern Thrace 373 Asia Minor, from Aegean Coast to Cappadocia 385 The Tumuli of Troy and the Troad 387 Tumuli as Points of Interest in Greek and Latin Sources 401 Memory and Meaning in Bin Tepe, the Lydian Cemetery of the ‘Thousand Mounds’ 421 Marking Karian Soil. Lydian Tumuli in Karia, Sixth to Fourth Century BC 443 A ‘Door’ between Two Worlds. A Reflection on Tumuli 459 Tumuli in Lykien. Ein Überblick über den Forschungsstand 489 Display of Power. The Mortuary Landscapes of Pisidian Tumuli 505 Roofing the Dead. Architectural Allusions in Anatolian Tumuli 515 The Significance of the Tumulus Burial among the Funeral Buildings of Hierapolis of Phrygia 527 Tumuli in the Ancient Territory of Hierapolis in Phrygia 603 Some Remarks on Tumuli of Late Hellenistic and Early Roman Times in Phrygia and the Development of Provincial Art 615 Tumulus Tombs in Western Phrygia 627 A Fresh Look at the Tumuli of Gordion 641 ‘Royal’ Tombs in Balkan-Anatolian Context. Representations of Status in Phrygian Tumuli 651 Le Tumulus d’Avanos et la ville sainte du grand Zeus Ouranos 663 Tumuli and the Expression of a Colonial ‘Middle Ground’ in the Hinterland Landscape of Greek Sinope 671 Northern Black Sea 681 The Use of GIS Technologies in Studying the Spatial and Time Concentration of Tumuli in the Scythian-time Lower Dnieper Region 683 Kurgans in the Northeastern Azov Sea Region. Proposals for a Geo-archaeological Research Program 691 Eurasia 717 Archäologische und geoarchäologische Untersuchungen im Siebenstromland 719 Early Iron Age Burial Mounds in the Altay Mountains. From Survey to Analysis 733 Indices 747 Index of Names 749 Index of Places 752 Index of Tumulus Names 762 Index of Ancient Sources 765 Frontmatter2 771 Contents 2 774 Authors 776 Illustration Credits 784 Plates 790

Tumuli were the most widespread form of monumental tombs in the ancient world. Their impact on landscape, their allurement as well as their symbolic reference to a glorious past can still be felt today. The need of supra-regional and cross-disciplinary examination of this unique phenomenon led to an international conference in Istanbul in 2009. With almost 50 scholars from 12 different countries participating, the conference entitled TumulIstanbul created links between fields of research which would not have had the opportunity to meet otherwise. The proceedings of TumulIstanbul revolve around the question of the symbolic significance of burial mounds in the 1st millennium BC in the Eastern Mediterranean and Black-Sea regions, providing further insight into Kurgan neighbours from Eurasia.

Tumuli were the most widespread form of monumental tombs in the ancient world. The proceedings of TumulIstanbul revolve around thequestion of the symbolicsignificance of burial mounds in the 1st millennium BCin the Eastern Mediterranean and Black-Sea regions, also providing further insight into theirKurgan neighbours from Eurasia. Tumuli were the most widespread form of monumental tombs in the ancient world. This title constitutes the proceedings of an international conference in Istanbul in 2009, that revolve around the question of the symbolic significance of burial mounds in the 1st millennium BC in the Eastern Mediterranean and Black-Sea regions. Edited By Olivier Henry, Ute Kelp. Collection Of Papers From The Tumulistanbul International Conference Held In Istanbul During 2009. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.