Sotiro plot, road from Paleokatouna to waste disposal site - 2008

Sotiro plot, road from Paleokatouna to waste disposal site. Maria Gatsi and Vivian Staikou (ΛΣΤ’ ΕΠΚΑ) report on discoveries made during the construction of a new sewage network in the Ellomeno region.

220m SE of the church of Agis Paraskevi and at a depth of 1.80m, part of a building was discovered (Fig. 1 and 2). Six walls were found belonging to different phases: Walls 1, 2, 3 and 5 belong to the Hellenistic period, while Walls 4 and 6 are Roman. A tiled-roof grave  was found, also of the Roman period. It contained an adult burial, found alongside a bronze coin, lamp and bronze buckle. Pottery of the classical period was also found in the sections of walls 2, 3 and 4, at a depth of 2.90–3.20m.