SPARTA - 2000

Sparta, Staufert Street (O.T. 98, N. Konstantaki property). E. Zavvou (Ε' ΕΠΚΑ) reports the discovery of an ancient road running southeast-northwest, bounded by walls on either side. Successive Hellenistic and Roman cobbled road surfaces (0.6m wide) are preserved. North of the north boundary wall lay an open area with a cistern and a round well. The well, constructed of two terracotta cylinders (1.4m high x 1.1m in diameter) with access steps, contained Classical and Hellenistic pottery. In the south and west of the plot was a section of a large stone-built sewer. Excavation continues.