Of Winged Women and Stone Tombs: Identity and Agency through Iron Age Lycian Mortuary Architecture
The people collectively named the Lycians in modern scholarship are the best represented of the western Anatolian first millennium BC cultures in terms of philological, historical, and archaeological data. This article seeks to better understand the meanings behind Iron Age Lycian mortuary monuments...
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| description | The people collectively named the Lycians in modern scholarship are the best represented of the western Anatolian first millennium BC cultures in terms of philological, historical, and archaeological data. This article seeks to better understand the meanings behind Iron Age Lycian mortuary monuments and religious images, and how they reflect Lycian identity and agency in a time of political turmoil. By studying the Lycian mortuary landscape, tombs and images, we can begin to comprehend Lycian perceptions of the afterlife, religion and cultural identity. In particular, we look to the images of the so-called “Harpies” and “Running Men” to better understand evidence of the afterlife, connections to the past and the creation of their own identity of what it means to be Lycian. The study of Lycian mortuary trends, monumental architecture, and religion gives us a small but tantalizing view into the Lycian understanding of religion and death, and how they wielded their own culture as a tool for survival in a politically fraught world. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7eeb8e6be35445598ee2c650fcdbedb82023-11-22T09:30:37ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442021-08-0112864310.3390/rel12080643Of Winged Women and Stone Tombs: Identity and Agency through Iron Age Lycian Mortuary ArchitectureStephanie Selover0Near Eastern Languages and Civilization, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USAThe people collectively named the Lycians in modern scholarship are the best represented of the western Anatolian first millennium BC cultures in terms of philological, historical, and archaeological data. This article seeks to better understand the meanings behind Iron Age Lycian mortuary monuments and religious images, and how they reflect Lycian identity and agency in a time of political turmoil. By studying the Lycian mortuary landscape, tombs and images, we can begin to comprehend Lycian perceptions of the afterlife, religion and cultural identity. In particular, we look to the images of the so-called “Harpies” and “Running Men” to better understand evidence of the afterlife, connections to the past and the creation of their own identity of what it means to be Lycian. The study of Lycian mortuary trends, monumental architecture, and religion gives us a small but tantalizing view into the Lycian understanding of religion and death, and how they wielded their own culture as a tool for survival in a politically fraught world.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/8/643Lyciamortuary architecturemortuary landscapereligious imagesstone tombswinged women |
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| title | Of Winged Women and Stone Tombs: Identity and Agency through Iron Age Lycian Mortuary Architecture |
| title_full | Of Winged Women and Stone Tombs: Identity and Agency through Iron Age Lycian Mortuary Architecture |
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| title_short | Of Winged Women and Stone Tombs: Identity and Agency through Iron Age Lycian Mortuary Architecture |
| title_sort | of winged women and stone tombs identity and agency through iron age lycian mortuary architecture |
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