Burial customs of Clazomenae in the iron age (1100-500 BC)
Author(s)
Advisor
Gates, CharlesDate
2010Publisher
Bilkent University
Language
English
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Abstract
The present work is a study on the burial customs of Clazomenae in the Iron
Age and Archaic period. Special attention is given to Clazomenae, since it yielded
significant information from the Protogeometric to the end of the Archaic period.
The major aim here is to collect the specific grave and necropolis information and try
to interpret them for reaching more holistic conclusions about the burial customs of
Clazomenae. This work introduces the burials, burial grounds, and cemeteries of
Clazomenae from the Protogeometric to the end of the Archaic period with respect to
grave types, grave goods, burial practices, gender, and age. One crucial aim of this
work is to understand settlement and necropolis relationship in different periods by
the means of the location of the burial grounds; the significance of the extension,
development, and changing burial customs of specific cemeteries and their
importance with regards to the settlement pattern; and the importance of the
continuity, discontinuity, and change of burial grounds through the periods.