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10 - The Archaic and Classical Cemeteries

from Part I - The Urban Fabric

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2021

By
Tim Shea
Edited by
Jenifer Neils  and
Dylan K. Rogers
Jenifer Neils
Affiliation:
American School of Classical Studies, Athens
Dylan K. Rogers
Affiliation:
University of Virginia
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Summary

This chapter details the distribution and organization of cemeteries along roads leading out of the ancient city walls and provides an overview of the monuments that adorned burials and plots. In addition, the various types of industrial workshops, sanctuaries, and other structures that populated these cemeteries are discussed.

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cemeteriestombstonesburial practicestopography
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The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Athens , pp. 140 - 156
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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Further Reading

The study of Athenian cemeteries continues to be a vibrant field of study. For a recent overview of Athenian cemeteries in the Early Iron Age and Archaic periods, see Dimitriadou 2019. For the Classical cemeteries, see Morris 1992, Parlama and Stampolidis 2000, Marchiandi 2011, and Stroszeck 2017. For the study of cemetery management and the procurement of burial plots see Zelnick-Abramovitz 2015. For comprehensive collections of Classical tombstones, Clairmont 1993 and Bergemann 1997 and 2001 are good places to begin, but Conze’s multi-volume study (1893–1911) is still useful today. For tombstones that have been found more recently in rescue excavations, see Bardani and Papadopoulos 2006. For painted tombstones, see Posamentir 2006. For an overview of the public cemetery and the monuments associated with it, see Arrington 2010 and 2015.

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Additional resources to accompany this chapter can be found at: www.cambridge.org/NeilsRogers

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