KALLIGONI, Anc. Leukas - 2005

Kalligoni, anc. Leukas (property of G. Chalikia). M. Stavropoulou-Gatsi and V. Staïkou (ΛΣτ’ ΕΠΚΑ) report the discovery of part of a Late Classical building complex within the ancient city near to the northern branch of the city fortification. This complex also had at least one later phase of construction. Nine rooms were exposed, with walls of worked and unworked limestone blocks. A burnt layer in room IV contained 92 intact miniature vessels plus sherds of many more, likely from a foundation deposit. Room V contained a terracotta structure which is probably a shallow cistern, and room VI a stone well. The northeast section of one particularly long wall (1) was built of roughly worked hard limestone blocks in the polygonal style: alongside it, outside the building, was a road (1-3.7m wide) running from northeast to southwest, which consisted of a solid 0.8m-thick layer of yellow-brown earth, gravel, ground-up tile, sherds and sea shells. All the rooms in the complex contained dense destruction levels with large quantities of pottery (mostly storage and cooking vessels, as transport and storage amphorae, chytres and strainers). Finewares with painted, impressed, relief and incised decoration were also find, as well as loomweights, lamps, figurines and small metal items (needles, hooks, rings, knives, door furniture etc.)