CHANIA, CO-OP BANK PROPERTY - 2006
Informations Générales
Numéro de la notice
1851
Année de l'opération
2006
Chronologie
Mots-clés
Nature de l'opération
Institution(s)
Localisation
Notices et opérations liées
2006
Description
Chania. Co-operative Bank property. E. Kataki (ΚΕ' ΕΠΚΑ) reports on excavations (Fig. 1) conducted in 2005-2006. Ancient remains had been badly damaged by modern foundations (Figs 2-3): largely pits and wells remained, with some settlement features to the west and north. Ottoman clay pipes (Fig. 4) and glazed wares were collected. A Classical to Hellenistic structure with at least three phases (late fourth to late third/early second century BC) was found with beaten earth floors, into which amphorae (Figs 5-6) were sunk in two rooms. In a room at the southwest, a number of loomweights lying on the floor marked the position of a loom. A cobbled area (Fig. 7) contained a water-pipe to its south and a cistern for water management. Associated pottery, and that found in contemporary pits, includes a wide range of domestic equipment - amphorae, pots, basins, plates (Figs 8-11) and lamps (Fig. 12). There are many stamped amphora handles (Fig. 13) and even a potter’s name (ΠΑΥΣΑΝΙΑ), as well as loomweights (Figs 14-15) and terracotta figurines (Fig. 16) of seated figures of the sort most often found in tombs and sanctuaries. During the Early Iron Age and Archaic to Classical period (eighth to fifth century BC), the site seems to have been a refuse area, with 10 associated pits (Figs 17-19). Beneath lie Minoan structural remains (Fig. 20), with two to three pits: three phases can be determined between EMII and MMIA. The walls lie on or slightly sunk into the bedrock; with the exception of two paved examples the floors are earthen (Fig. 21), and the enclosed areas may have been open to the air. One floor, associated with a MMIA pithos (Fig. 22) in the next room, had traces of a clay hearth; outside was a cobbled way. A large EMII structure is also visible, set in a deep foundation trench with plastered walls on the interior, associated with which were jugs, ‘egg-cups’ and basins (Figs 23-24); also tools (Fig. 25) including obsidian and a Neolithic stone axe.
Auteur de la notice
Don EVELY
Références bibliographiques
AEK 1 (2010), 709-18; Kania/Kydonia 21, 96-107
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Date de création
2011-02-17 00:00:00
Dernière modification
2023-10-06 11:40:06
Figure(s)
Fig. 1/ General view of the excavation from the west.
Fig. 2/ Map of Chania town - the location of the plot is marked.
Fig. 3/ Ground plan of the excavation through the different chronological phases.
Fig. 4/ Turkish incised pipes.
Fig. 5/ Amphora in floor 4 and the area with plastered water-pipe.
Fig. 6/ Amphora in floor 2.
Fig. 7/ Paved area west of wall 2.
Fig. 8/ 4th/3rd c. BC pottery(a).
Fig. 9/ 4th/3rd c. BC pottery(b).
Fig. 10/ 4th/3rd c. BC pottery(c).
Fig. 11/ 4th/3rd c. BC pottery(d).
Fig. 12/ Lamps.
Fig. 13/ Stamped amphora handles.
Fig. 14/ Clay pyramidal loomweights from the Hellenistic "house".
Fig. 15/ Discoid loomweights from the Hellenistic "house".
Fig. 16/ Figurines.
Fig. 17/ Amphora (Π10561).
Fig. 18/ Geometric vessel(a).
Fig. 19/ Geometric vessel(b).
Fig. 20/ EM wall 9 to the north part of the plot.
Fig. 21/ Paved floor 3.
Fig. 22/ Pithos in situ.
Fig. 23/ EMIII/MMIA vessel(a).
Fig. 24/ EMIII/MMIA vessel(b).
Fig. 25/ Stone tools.