ARGOS - 2001
Informations Générales
Numéro de la notice
1934
Année de l'opération
2001
Chronologie
Mots-clés
Nature de l'opération
Institution(s)
Localisation
Toponyme
Argos
Argos
Notices et opérations liées
20002001
Description
Argos, Regional General Hospital. A. Papadimitriou (Δ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reviews the Middle Helladic burials found in rescue excavations between 1997 and 2001 on the hospital site east of the Aspis (site plans Figs 1-13). The relationship with contemporary evidence from the Aspis and Deiras is noted.
Middle Helladic graves (Areas Γ-Δ, Fig. 1) formed clusters on either side of a road, and were separated from the contemporary settlement located further to the west. The placement of the graves (in linear disposition), their orientation, and the extent of the cemetery argue against the existence of one or more tumuli in the hospital area. Extended areas on either side of the road were reserved for the adults, and children were buried intra muros. In Area B, one cist and one pit grave, neither containing goods, are dated stratigraphically to the Late Middle Helladic period: they either predate overlying Late Middle Helladic-LHI house structures or were made under the house floors.
Middle Helladic graves (Areas Γ-Δ, Fig. 1) formed clusters on either side of a road, and were separated from the contemporary settlement located further to the west. The placement of the graves (in linear disposition), their orientation, and the extent of the cemetery argue against the existence of one or more tumuli in the hospital area. Extended areas on either side of the road were reserved for the adults, and children were buried intra muros. In Area B, one cist and one pit grave, neither containing goods, are dated stratigraphically to the Late Middle Helladic period: they either predate overlying Late Middle Helladic-LHI house structures or were made under the house floors.
Auteur de la notice
Catherine MORGAN
Références bibliographiques
A. Papadimitriou, ‘Οι ανασκαφές στο Νοσοκομείο του Άργους’, in A. Philippa-Touchais, G. Touchais, S. Voutsaki and J. Wright (eds), Mesohelladika (BCH supp. 52), Paris/Athens 2006, 45-56
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Date de création
2011-03-18 00:00:00
Dernière modification
2023-10-06 14:31:03
Figure(s)
Fig. 1/ Excavation plan of the old hospital building site (Α) and the Pyrli property (Δ).
Fig. 2/ Excavation in the area of the medical gas store(Ε)and the area of the 1991 campaign (Β).
Fig. 3/ The 1997-2000 excavation area (Γ).
Fig. 4/ Excavation on the Argos Hospital Site: synthetic plan.
Fig. 5/ Pyxis with matt-painted decoration from site Γ (ht. 0.081m).
Fig. 6/ Restored prochous with matt-painted decoration from site Γ (max. ht. 0.105m).
Fig. 7/ Minyan cup from site Γ (ht. 0.136m).
Fig. 8/ Prochous with depiction of a bird of prey from site Γ (ht. 0.109m).
Fig. 9/ Matt-painted prochous with cut-away neck from site Γ (ht. 0.21m).
Fig. 10/ Imported grey Minyan amphoriskos from site Γ (ht 0.074m).
Fig. 11/ Imported prochous with cut-away neck from site Γ (ht. 0.155m).
Fig. 12/ Imported cup with schematic fish motif from site Δ (max. ht. 0.075m).
Fig. 13/ Round impressed-ware prochous from site Δ (ht. 0.93m).