ATHANI - Apollonion - 2004

Athani, Apollonion (Church of Ag. Kyriaki). M. Stavropoulou-Gatsi and V. Staïkou (ΛΣτ’ ΕΠΚΑ) report the discovery of pottery and architectural spolia from the Monastery of Ag. Kirykou (an Ottoman foundation). Excavation in the south of the plot revealed a wall of lightly-worked fieldstones. In the southeast corner lay part of a well-built structure: pottery, architectural spolia, parts of a stone basin, lead clamps and other metal small finds are also noted. Two trenches north and east of the temple revealed two Christian cist tombs – tomb I held one in situ burial plus a second displaced, and the second a supine interment. At the west edge of the second tomb were five crania, with a further two to the east.