Petras - 2007

Petras, plot of S. and E. Mama. M. Tsipopoulou reports on excavations in this plot, low on Hill I of Petras and adjacent to that of N. Stamatakis (Figs 1-2); the excavations were conducted with the participation of G. Papadatos. Investigations revealed a section of wall associated with the neopalatial settlement. A square structure with a lime-plaster floor was identified, probably dating to the Byzantine period. The excavators suggests that the preparation of the floor may indicate that the building was used for production and storage of wine or oil, particularly when considered in association with the plaster vat in the adjacent plot. The pottery recovered dated to the Minoan, Roman and Byzantine period. As in the neighbouring plot, indications are that human activity on the base of the hill was not restricted to the LM III period, but the Neopalatial settlement reached the shoreline.