Spatial Organization in the Surroundings of Labraunda: The Case Study of a Farmhouse
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Rural sanctuaries are well-known features of ancient Greek culture. Many have been excavated or studied but only in a few cases do we have a good understanding of the areas outside of the sacred area, or temenos. This article investigates exactly these areas by taking a structure, found roughly 500 metres from the temenos at the sanctuary Zeus at Labraunda, as a case study. The remains and location in the landscape indicate that it could be a farmhouse. Epigraphic evidence from the Mylasa/Labraunda region, related to agricultural land and agricultural production in connection to sanctuaries, is brought in to contextualise the possible uses of the farmhouse. While sanctuaries regularly owned agricultural lands, in this case, the proximity to the temenos also opens for other forms of administration. The farmhouse is then situated in a spatial organisation that can be discerned in the surroundings of the temenos at Labraunda. It is argued that the surroundings of the temenos were spatially planned in connection with the large architectural programme at the sanctuary, instigated by the Hekatomnid dynasty.
Source: Anatolia Antiqua
DOI: 10.4000/16bgd
Author: Axel Frejman
Language: English
Subfield: Archeology
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7163158665
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