ARTEMIDA, LOUTSA - 2006

Artemida, Loutsa, Atalantos Street and Vravronos Avenue (O.T. C.1615, PE 14, Roussake property). Eleni Methodiou and Maria Stathi (Β’ ΕΠΚΑ) report the discovery of part of an extensive and deep ancient quarry which preserves evidence of the extraction technique (loosening the block and then inserting wedges). Quarrying of three courses of blocks was identified in an area of 10 x 5.5m. A layer of waste chips covered the entire excavated area. The date of the quarrying could not be established, although pottery excavated from the area (including sherds of a black-glaze kantharos) dates to the mid fourth century BC.