Surveys in the Necropolis of Cadianda
Authors : Pınar Döğerli Başerkafaoğlu
Pages : 215-232
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Publication Date : 2023-06-21
Article Type : Research Article
Abstract :Cadianda is located at the border of West Lycia and Caria, near the Tekirlik neighborhood of Yeşilüzümlü of modern day Muğla/Fethiye. It is situated on the road to important Lycian cities such as Araxa, Oinoanda, Telmessos, Tlos, Letoon and Xanthos. Built on steep rocky cliffs at 970 m and surrounded by city walls, it overlooks Telmessos Harbor and Valley of Xanthos. 162 funerary structures have been discovered in surface surveys, which are sprinkled across a wide area inside and outside the city walls. The tomb structures include a monolith, rock tombs, sarcophagus, heroon and chamber tombs with gable, straight or vaulted roofs. The variety of the tomb architectures is especially striking. The chamber tombs with vaulted roof are the group with the highest count, despite not being widely seen in Lycia elsewhere; and it can be said that Cadianda has the most examples of them in Lycian cities. On the flip side, the Lycian style of sarcophagi with semerdam has only one example in Cadianda, and rock tombs are also few. Additionally, chamber graves with vault roofs are seen built adjacent to the ones with triangular and straight roofs. The purpose of this article is to help future studies by defining and summarizing the graves identified, plans drawn and documented on map in 2021. The tombs have been weathered down by the years and nature, but a few have been preserved somewhat thanks to the lack of new development in the acropolis.Keywords : Cadianda, Lykia, Tonoz Çatılı Mezarlar, Kaya Mezarları, Salas Lahdi