Manca ve Hasanpaşa'daki yeni bulgular ışığında Kabalis ölü gömme geleneklerinin yeniden değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

The region in north-west Pisidia bounded by Milyas and Lycia to the south, Caria to the west,and Phrygia to the north was known as Kabalis in the Iron Age but came to be called Kibyratisin the Hellenistic and Roman periods as Kibyra gained in power.Archaeological surveys have increased in the recent years and concentrated on the cultureand archaeology of the Iron Age. The accounts of Herodotus and Strabo mention the Kabalpeoples of Lydian origin who came to the region and built a dominant culture. Ancientaccounts are verified with archaeological evidence collected especially from the Uylupınar(early Kibyra), Manca, Hasanpaşa and Tavşancıl settlements and höyüks. The Lydo-Persianburial tradition of tumuli of the Lydian type as well as tumuli built by piling up stones are seenonly in Kabalis and Milyas, and attested widely together with archaeological data indicatingtheir use in the 7th -5 th centuries B.C.Rock-cut tombs are another type of burial seen in the region. Among such rock tombs,the one called Manca Deliktaş is connected with Lydia while Hasanpaşa Deliktaş is a Lycian- type rock tomb. These provide us with invaluable information on the Iron Age of the regionand connections with Milyas after the 5 th century B.C. Furthermore, cultural strata interpretedwith the pottery finds from the identified höyüks and settlements give significant answers toimportant queries when considered together with the local burial traditions.