Drapano site (private property of Karatzi A.E.), Stalida - 2013

Drapano site (private property of Karatzi A.E.), Stalida. Stella Mandalaki (ΚΓ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the excavation of an MMIB fortification wall.

Various Minoan ceramics and pieces of masonry had been found in the N part of the surface of this site. Investigation proceeded in a trench 20 x 10m, while the total area of interest within the trench covered roughly 2 x 3m. To the NW of the trench, an additional area was cleaned, and after removing a topsoil layer 0.10–0.70m, bedrock was found without any traces of architectural material. However, an area of rockfall extending EW was found (Fig. 1), itself 20m in length. The total width of the construction in this area is thought to be 1.50m, and from which MMI ceramics were collected. A stone lentoid seal was found in the E part of the trench along with obsidian pieces.