A Place of Burning
Hero or Ancestor Cult at Troy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9386433 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carolyn Aslan (corresponding author), Carolyn Chabot Aslan Carolyn Chabot Aslan |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 80 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 381-381 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Hesperia The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-098X • E-ISSN: 1553-5622 |
| Publisher | American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2972/hesperia.80.3.0381 |
| OpenAlex | W2756191161 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 12 |
This article presents the evidence for Early Archaic ritual activity on the site of a Late Bronze Age cemetery a short distance outside the walls of Troy, at a spot known to excavators as "A Place of Burning." Here, as at the West Sanctuary adjacent to the citadel, the evidence follows a pattern similar to that found in hero and ancestor cults at other sites. Growing population in the region may have led the inhabitants of Troy to use associations with Bronze Age remains as a way of strengthening territorial claims and bolstering the power of the local elite
Ancestor · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Bronze · Bronze Age · Cult · Elite · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · HERO · Literature · Political science · Population · Sociology · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Demography · History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.38 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2023 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |