Gordion: Tumuli and Other Burials

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(see also Bronze and Iron, Conservation, Furniture and other Wood)


Anderson, Gunlog E. The Common Cemetery at Gordion (Bryn Mawr College, Ph.D. thesis, 1980).

Bostanci, Enver Y. Biometrical and Morphological Study of the Astragalus Calcaneus of the Roman People of Gordion in Anatolia (Ankara 1962).

Çiner, Refakat. "Gordion Roma Halki Femur ve Tibia'larinin Tetkiki" Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Cografya Fakültesi Yayinlari No. 194 (1971).

Körte, Gustav and Alfred Körte. Gordion: Ergebnisse der Ausgrabung im Jahre 1900, Jahrbuch des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Ergänzungsheft 5 (Berlin 1904).

Kohler, Ellen L. "Cremations of the Middle Phrygian Period at Gordion," pp. 65-89 in Keith DeVries (Ed.), From Athens to Gordion: The Papers of a Memorial Symposium for Rodney S. Young (Philadelphia, University Museum Papers 1, 1980).

Idem. The Gordion Excavations (1950-1973) Final Reports, Vol. II, Part 1: The Lesser Phrygian Tumuli: The Inhumations (Philadelphia 1995).

McGovern, Patrick E. "The Funerary Banquet of 'King Midas'" Expedition 42(1) (2000) 21-29.

McGovern, Patrick E.; Donald L. Glusker; Robert A. Moreau; Alberto Nuñez; Curt W. Beck; Elizabeth Simpson; Eric D. Butrym; Lawrence J. Exner; Edith C. Stout. "A Funerary Feast Fit for King Midas" Nature 402 (1999) 863-864.

Mellink, Machteld J. A Hittite Cemetery at Gordion (Philadelphia, University Museum Monograph, 1956). [Review: Pohl (1957)]

Miller, Naomi F. "Archaeobotanists Preserve Midas's Wealth." Anthropology Newsletter 39(4) (1998) 14-15. (Text available online)

Idem. "Erosion, Biodiversity, and Archaeology: Preserving the Midas Tumulus at Gordion/Erozyon, Bioçesitlilik ve Arkeoloji, Gordion'daki Midas Höyügü'nun Korunmasi" Arkeoloji ve Sanat 93 (1999) 13-19 + plate.

Miller, Naomi F., and Kurt Bluemel. "Plants and Mudbrick: Preserving the Midas Tumulus at Gordion, Turkey" Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites 3 (1999) 225-237.

Simpson, Elizabeth. "'Midas' Bed' and a Royal Phrygian Funeral" Journal of Field Archaeology 17 (1990) 69-87.

Idem. "Phrygian Furniture from Gordion" in G. Herrmann (ed.), The Furniture of Western Asia: Ancient and Modern (Mainz, P von Zabern, 1996) 187-208.

Temizsoy, Ilhan. "Mamaderesi Tümülüsü Kazisi" Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi 1991 Yilligi (Ankara 1992) 3-28.

Idem. "Mamaderesi Tümülüsü Kazisi Küçük Buluntular" Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi 1992 Yilligi (Ankara 1993) 110-137.

Idem. "Mamaderesi Tümülüsü Kazisi Küçük Buluntular II" Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi 1993 Yillžgi (Ankara 1994) 5-33.

Whitmore, J. "Mighty King's Paneled Tomb" Life Magazine 43 (Aug. 5, 1957) 74-79.

Young, Rodney S. "Grave Robbers' Leavings" Archaeology 8 (1955) 191-197.

Idem. "Grave of a Princely Child" Illustrated London News (Nov. 10, 1956) 797-799.

Idem. "Royal Tomb at Gordion" Archaeology 10 (1957) 217-219.

Idem. "Bronzes from Gordion's Royal Tomb" Archaeology 11 (1958) 227-231.

Idem. "The Gordion Tomb" Expedition 1 (Fall 1958) 3-13.

Idem. "Tomb of a King of Phrygia" Illustrated London News (May 17, 1958) 828-831.

Idem. Gordion Excavations Reports, Vol. I: Three Great Early Tumuli [P, MM, W] (Philadelphia, University Museum, 1981). [Reviews: Muscarella (1982), Moiseyeva (1983), Ramage (1983), Le Roy (1985)]


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