Troezen - 2022
Informations Générales
Numéro de la notice
18609
Année de l'opération
2022
Chronologie
Mots-clés
Nature de l'opération
Institution(s)
Localisation
Toponyme
Troizen, Troizin, Damalas
Troizen, Troizin, Damalas
Notices et opérations liées
Description
Maria Giannopoulou (Ephorate of Antiquities of Piraeus & Islands) reports on work conducted at Troezen.
At the plain extended outside the city walls, a long, wide retaining wall of W.-E. orientation, was excavated (fig. 1). The wall was probably constructed in late Archaic times, rather to block a stream that seems to have crossed this land, as indicated by a layer of sand and cobbles. Part of the wall seems to have been destroyed by the waters of the stream. The construction of the wall was obviously intended to protect the cultivations that would exist in this area. At a distance of ca. 130m to the W, a similar retaining wall of W-E orientation, was also excavated (fig. 2). In this wall two different structural phases are evident. The first phase dates probably from the Classical period and the later phase dates from the Late Roman period. The later structural phase appears to be an attempt to repair and strengthening the wall. During this later phase, a rectangular structure with a stone pipe had been attached to the south side of the wall. The retaining wall possibly served the same purpose as the similar wall found at the previous excavation, i.e., to protect the cultivations from the waters of a stream. The rectangular structure attached to the wall probably was used to collect, through a conduit, water from the stream, for the irrigation of the crops. A cobble layer within the structure was apparently created by the continuous deposition of stream waters.
At the plain extended outside the city walls, a long, wide retaining wall of W.-E. orientation, was excavated (fig. 1). The wall was probably constructed in late Archaic times, rather to block a stream that seems to have crossed this land, as indicated by a layer of sand and cobbles. Part of the wall seems to have been destroyed by the waters of the stream. The construction of the wall was obviously intended to protect the cultivations that would exist in this area. At a distance of ca. 130m to the W, a similar retaining wall of W-E orientation, was also excavated (fig. 2). In this wall two different structural phases are evident. The first phase dates probably from the Classical period and the later phase dates from the Late Roman period. The later structural phase appears to be an attempt to repair and strengthening the wall. During this later phase, a rectangular structure with a stone pipe had been attached to the south side of the wall. The retaining wall possibly served the same purpose as the similar wall found at the previous excavation, i.e., to protect the cultivations from the waters of a stream. The rectangular structure attached to the wall probably was used to collect, through a conduit, water from the stream, for the irrigation of the crops. A cobble layer within the structure was apparently created by the continuous deposition of stream waters.
Auteur de la notice
Georgios Mouratidis
Références bibliographiques
Unpublished field report
Légende graphique :
localisation de la fouille/de l'opération
localisation du toponyme
polygone du toponyme Chronique
Fonctionnalités de la carte :
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se rapprocher ou s'éloigner de la zone
afficher la carte en plein écran
Date de création
2023-09-12 17:02:30
Dernière modification
2024-01-19 09:42:53
Figure(s)
Fig. 1/ Retaining wall of Late Archaic period
Fig. 2/ Retaining wall with attached rectangular structure. Classical - Late Roman times