Thomas Zimmermann

Sacred Landscapes in Anatolia and Neighboring Regions (British Archaeological Reports British Series) Thomas Zimmermann

This volume comprises twelve essays on the ritual landscape of Anatolia, together aiming to explore the phenomenon of sacred landscape comparatively over a wide timespan. Areas featured include Iron Age and Roman Phrygia, Bronze Age Miletus, 5th century BC Ionia, Hellenistic Pergamon, the Latmos mountains from prehistory to Byzantine, the Sanctuary of Leto at Xanthos, colonization of the Sinop promontory, Middle Byzantine Cappadocia and Armenia, and modern Yezidi conceptions of sacred space.