ANO RODINI - Roupakia - 2000

Ano Rodini, Roupakia (G. Karaboula property). M. Petropoulos (then Director, Στ' ΕΠΚΑ, now Director ΛΘ' ΕΠΚΑ) reports the discovery of a Classical farmstead, of which two rooms were investigated (Fig. 1). Storage pithoi (including some with lead mend-clamps) were found along with terracotta loomweights, good-quality Classical pottery and a destruction level with Laconian roof tile. The building was abandoned in the fourth century BC, probably after an earthquake (possibly that of 373 BC). The site’s proximity to the modern road between Platani and Selmeniko indicates that the ancient road also followed this line.

Sections of stone wall at Koukkistra, 1.5km along the rural road from Kato to Ano Rodini, likely belong to a second farmstead on the northern borders of the chora of Patras.