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Constructing Identities in Early Iron Age Thessaly: The Case of the Halos Tumuli
Author(s) -
Georganas Ioannis
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
oxford journal of archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1468-0092
pISSN - 0262-5253
DOI - 10.1111/1468-0092.00163
Subject(s) - parallels , archaeology , geography , iron age , ancient history , identity (music) , history , art , engineering , mechanical engineering , aesthetics
This paper examines the Early Iron Age tumulus–cemetery of Halos in south–eastern Thessaly, with its unique cremation pyre–cairn combination. As there are no parallels for such combination of burial practices either in Thessaly or in any other area of the Greek world, it has usually been suggested that the tumuli were erected by people foreign to Thessaly, most probably of a northern origin. This paper presents evidence suggesting a local custom closely related to the desire to create a new identity.