ROCK-CUT TOMBS OF MILYAS IN THE LIGHT OF RECENT FIELDWORK
OLBA, cilt.34, ss.277-308, 2026 (AHCI)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 34
- Basım Tarihi: 2026
- Dergi Adı: OLBA
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.277-308
- Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
The rock-cut tombs of Milyas have long been treated as a marginal extension of coastal Lycia, on the basis of a limited and uneven body of earlier observations. Drawing on thirty-nine tombs documented during the Elmalı Archaeological Survey Projects (2019–2024), this article reassesses their geographical setting, typological range and chrono-logical position. The distribution of sixteen necropolis sites shows that tomb placement follows a spatial logic tied to transit routes rather than nearby habitation, consistent with seasonal, transhumant occupation of the plateau. A coarse typology distinguishes Undecorated and Decorated tombs, including Lycian type façades, and a small group aligned with hybrid architectural traditions that combine local, Phrygian, Lydian and Lycian forms. Situated within the long fourth-century horizon of the Lycian rock-cut tomb tradition, the corpus nonetheless indicates activity both before and after the Periclean phase, revealing Milyas as an active centre of cross-regional interaction between Mediterranean and inland zones rather than a political or cultural periphery of Lycia.