DROSIA, Kritis Street - 2008

Drosia, Kritis 3. Dimitrios Palaiologos (B’ ΕΠΚΑ) and Maria Stephanopoulou (B’ ΕΠΚΑ) report on the discovery of a Late Geometric shaft grave (for another in the area, see AD 62, 141). No bones were found. Nevertheless, the grave contained 7 pyxides, 9 small spheres (a game), two bronze fibulae and two bronze foils. Based on the finds this could have been the grave of a little girl.

A well was found north of the grave. This contained Geometric pottery sherds and few black-glazed sherds. The latter date the well in the 4^th c. B.C. Finally, 2 deposit pits were excavated. These contained kiln-waste material (ash, badly-fired pottery, lumps of clay), black-glazed and undecorated pottery sherds, fragments from Classical, pointed amphorae, sherds from Late Geometric amphorae, 2 loom weights and 1 terracotta spindle whorl. It appears that the pits were dug in the Classical period on top of more Geometric graves. The excavation was conducted by P. Christakou under the supervision of the authors of this report.