KAVKANIA - 2006

Kavkania (Karavas). The Ζ’ ΕΠΚΑ reports the discovery of a large Mycenaean chamber tomb (3.5 x 4.13m) excavated by O. Vikatou. Successive burials from LH IIIA2 – LH IIIC were accompanied by rich goods (amphorae, alabastra, handleless round pithoi, pithoid amphorae, cups, kyathoi, greyware prochoiskoi, two bronze razors, tweezers, a bronze pin and 16 spindle whorls).

On the cranium of one woman buried in a pit was preserved a diadem of three rows of blue glass-paste relief beads or plaques.