KATO KASTRITSI, RION - 2005
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Numéro de la notice
4358
Année de l'opération
2005
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Toponyme
Kato Kastritsi
Kato Kastritsi
Notices et opérations liées
19952005
Description
Kato Kastritsi, Rion, 2nd cross-alley on Thrakis Street. L. Papakosta (ΣΤ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports the discovery of prehistoric (mostly LH III) settlement remains at the foot of a hill above the University of Patras. Nine rooms were identified. Rooms I-IV and probably also VIII were contemporary: stone deposits related to their destruction lay over the entire plot. Room I (4.48x3.9m) preserves part of a stone-paved floor (with a gravel foundation course): a destruction layer over the floor extends beneath neighbouring later walls. A road ran beside it. Remains of a second, older phase comprise one wall and the fire destruction of Room VII. Two earlier phases were revealed in Rooms VI and IX (although it is unclear whether they overlapped chronologically). Room I was built as an addition to Room VI, which was founded at a lower level in part within a destruction deposit with strong signs of burning. A terracotta hearth lay in the east corner of Room VI, with (immediately to the north) a sunken structure probably for charcoal burning: remains of the mud-brick superstructure were found within the room. To the east, a stone floor or road extended to the property line. Excavation was not continued below the level of the architectural remains, but a trial trench in the west part of Room VI produced Middle Helladic sherds at a depth of 7.33m beneath the overlying road surface.
Auteur de la notice
Catherine MORGAN
Références bibliographiques
ADelt 60 (2005) Chr. B1, 352-354
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Date de création
2014-07-08 00:00:00
Dernière modification
2023-10-17 11:14:31