Lycia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23709554 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marc Domingo Gygax, Werner Tietz (0000-0002-8280-8905) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Publication date | 2012-10-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The Encyclopedia of Ancient History (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah14191 |
| OpenAlex | W4253075680 |
| ISBN | 9781444338386 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
The ancient region of Lycia comprises the entire modern Teke peninsula on the southern coast of Asia Minor, bordering Caria in the west and Pamphylia in the east. To the north, the westernmost ranges of the Taurus mountains shield Lycia from Phrygia and Pisidia. The political and cultural borders vary through history. This is especially true in the west, where Telmessos is the last place with traces of the indigenous Lycian language and Krya the last with rock‐cut tombs in the Lycian style, whereas Kaunos in imperial times was part of the Roman province of Lycia. The landscape is characterized by a few large fertile plains and a rough hinterland with scarce arable areas.
Ancient history · Archaeology · Geography · Indigenous · Peninsula · West coast · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Classical Antiquity Studies · Geology · History · Oceanography
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |