ATHENS - 2005

Junction of 9-13 Monastiriou and Serron Streets. Ch. Stoupa (Γ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on excavation to the east of the road to the Demosion Sema. In total, 86 graves were found, mostly Classical and Roman in date, with a few Hellenistic.

During the early Classical period, the north-northeast and the west-southwest parts of the plot were flooded by an alluvial stream. Later in the Classical period, the first graves were dug to the southeast; 30 of these graves are simple burials or cremations cut into the natural ground. Eight disturbed Late Classical - Early Hellenistic graves were uncovered further to the north, and 15 Hellenistic pit graves to the east of the plot. To the Roman period date 33 simple pit or tile graves, three cist graves, and one enchytrismos. Three damaged walls probably belong to a Roman Π-shaped funerary peribolos. In the Late Roman period, a building (partially uncovered in the east of the excavation) was constructed with six rooms from at least two phases. No finds help to clarify its use, but the rooms were probably underground storage areas.