Séminaire « Archéologies anatoliennes » Cycle « Nécropoles d’Anatolie« Caroline Laforest (Univ. Bordeaux 3) Mercredi 30 novembre 2011 à 18h00 à l’IFEA« Uses and re-uses of the antique collective graves of Hierapolis (Phrygia) » Intervention en anglais Abstract Situated near the current Denizli, the city of Hierapolis was established in the IIIrd century BC, then was particularly developed during roman and byzantine periods. Since the first campaign of excavation in 1957, the importance of the antique necropolis in the North of the city has been recognized, this has led to develop certain number of studies relative to the architecture of graves and to the epigraphy. Nevertheless, few things are really known on the functioning of sepultures and several questions concerning the funeral gestures and practices