Beis site, Philosophers Street, property of Mikronis - Logothetis, Lefkada - 2010

Beis site, Philosophers Street, property of Mikronis - Logothetis, Lefkada. Vivian Staikou (ΛΣΤ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the discovery of fifty four graves, in the N, E and central parts of this plot.

The graves included 11 porolithic sarcophagi, five cist graves, ten tiled roof graves, 22 pits, and one cremation. The floor of several tombs was found covered in a thick layer of clay. In the SE part of the site, six graves were found (three pits, three sarcophagi) were found in a dense arrangement (Fig. 1). 

In the N sector, nine limestone stelai and five bases were found. The columns were simple rectangles (Fig. 2). They were ranging in thickness from a few centimetres up to 1.20m. The inscribed sides of the stelai were all facing NE, visible to people approaching along the ancient road. This part of the cem-tery was in constant use from the beginning of the fifth century until the middle of the second century BC. Finds included pottery (kylikes, skyphoi, lekythoi) and 11 bronze and 5 iron strigils.