The Gordion Excavations, 1950-1973, Final Reports, Volume II: The Lesser Phrygian Tumuli, Part 1: The InhumationsThis volume contains the excavation report for 15 inhumation burials from the Phrygian site of Gordion in central Anatolia. These tombs, dating from the late eighth through the third quarter of the sixth century B.C., were excavated by The University Museum in 1950, 1951, 1955-1957, and 1969. The processes for internment through construction of tumulus are carefully detailed, followed by an analysis of associated finds. Chapters deal with a general overview of constructional methods, grave assemblages, and chronology. |
Contents
TUMULUS | 1 |
THE NORTHEAST RIDGE | 7 |
83 | 23 |
91 | 40 |
TUMULUS X | 101 |
TUMULUS | 107 |
THE SOUTH RIDGE | 113 |
TUMULUS | 127 |
PLATFORMS COFFINS AND ASSEMBLAGE PATTERNS | 183 |
THE INTERNAL SEQUENCE OF THE INHUMATION | 191 |
SELECTED FORMS OF GIFTS | 197 |
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS | 227 |
APPENDIX A Inscriptions Cl Brixhe and M Lejeune | 235 |
TURKISH SUMMARY | 245 |
INDEX | 251 |
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Alişar amphora Ankara base bead belt black polished body Boğazköy Bronze burnished cauldrons chamber City Mound coffin corner cremation decoration dinos earth east edge end walls equid evidence excavation fibula XII,13 flaring flat floor fragments gifts grave gray grooved guide walls hardpan Hittite hook Ibid inhumation iron K-II K-III K-IV Kimmerian Kohler Körte in Gordion layer lekythos looters looting Lydian main burial mantle Mended molded decoration nails neck Northeast Ridge omphalos painted petaled Phryg Phrygian Pin to wearer's plain plaques post-Kimmerian Pottery pre-Kimmerian preserved R. S. Young reels roof beams round in section Sams sherd slightly southeast southwest stone cap stone pack studs surface Terrace Deposition thin trench TumB TumC TumG TumH TumJ TumKY TumN TumP TumS1 TumS2 Tumulus H Tumulus KY Tumulus S-1 TumW TumX TumY TumZ vessel wooden