KLEIDI - 2006
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Numéro de la notice
463
Année de l'opération
2006
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2006
Description
Kleidi. A. Strati and A. Sinakos (16th EBA) report on the rescue excavation of part of a LRom- ECh cemetery (M3rd−M4th Ct AD) in an area threatened by lignite mining. The adjacent settlement, next to the via Egnatia, produced Rom to post-Byz pottery on the surface. Within a single 20 x 20m trench, 15 graves were found − 12 pits and 3 cists. The dead were laid out in N−S orientation, accompanied by many grave goods including trefoil-mouthed oinochoai, bronze jewellery and coins. In addition to Charon’s obol, hoards of 20−25 coins were found in certain cases, placed in the area of the head or the chest. Seven pits were also found. 20m S of the excavated area, a trial trench contained further human bones, tiles, sherds of wheelmade vessels, a loomweight and an iron object. Excavation here was abandoned for safety reasons.
Auteur de la notice
Catherine MORGAN
Références bibliographiques
A. Strati and A. Sinakos, AEMTh 20 (2006), 931−40 AD 61 (2006), B2, p. 976-978.
Date de création
2009-12-01 00:00:00
Dernière modification
2023-10-03 09:24:49