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Tombstones mark burial sites. They are a focal point in rituals of mourning and commemoration, and they preserve the memory of those who have once lived for future generations. Stone monuments to the dead have been around for millennia, in many past and present cultures, and appearing in a multitude of shapes and sizes. To us, in the Northern Netherlands, setting up a tombstone for the dead has long since been the norm. But for the ancient Pisidians it was not. There, the dead were not traditionally commemorated in stone. Until the first c. CE, that is. Then, something changed dramatically and over the course of a few centuries, thousands of stone memorials were being erected. Why? This paper presents ongoing research on this phenomenon, focusing today on what the Pisidians themselves wrote about it in the epitaphs engraved at their gravesites.| Period | 24-Jan-2025 |
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| Event title | Netwerkdag Archeologie Noord-Nederland |
| Event type | Conference |
| Location | Assen, NetherlandsShow on map |
| Degree of Recognition | National |
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