Property of Z. Doksastakis-Aik. Parlama, Cheronissos - 2008

Property of Z. Doksastakis-Aik. Parlama, Cheronissos. Stella Mandalaki (ΚΓ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports that due to the detection of antiquities during trial trenching at this property, a salvage excavation lasting for two months took place. Two elongated parallel walls, with the western one forming an arch at its south end, and a built pipe and Roman cistern were discovered (Fig. 1,2). 
Seventeen trenches (3x3 m.) were excavated in the plot; no antiquities were found at its central part, where further investigation was not possible due to groundwater presence. An extensive destruction layer containing building material from the walls was also found under a layer of sand (thickness: 0.60 m.)  (Fig. 3). 

Both walls are hastily made by small crude stones and soil, and are only partially preserved. The area defined by the W wall is divided in two parts, with a wall vertically placed towards the arch. This area was not completely unearthed due to the fact that its largest part is located under a store nearby. The area between the two elongated walls was covered by a layer of soil, building material and pottery, potentially serving as a road leading to the beach. The deposits under the sub-foundations of the wall contained pottery of the Early and Middle Roman period. An Early Roman wall (SW-NE) was detected right to the east of the arch; the purpose of the arch is not certain, but it might have been part of an outdoor space near the road.  The width of the cistern at the outdoor space in the SW corner of the plot (Fig. 4) was discovered intact, while the S part expands to another plot. During a later building phase, the cistern was abandoned.

Apart from the Early and Late Roman pottery, parts of lamps, loom weights, marble tiles, and a glass bead, sherds of glass vessels, bronze hooks, 22 bronze coins, and part of the head of a marble statuette were found. 

[Entry created by C. Koureta]