TAVROS - OSE - 2011

Tavros, OSE works, Konstantinoupoleos St. Maria Petritaki (ΚΣΤ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the discovery of antiquities dating from the end of the 8^th c. B.C. until Late Roman times (Fig. 1). Specifically, a road, a cemetery and a farmstead were found. The road dates from the 5^th c. B.C. to the Hellenistic period. It was excavated for 58.5 m. and has retaining walls on both sides. Three consecutive road surfaces were identified made of sand, pebbles and small stones. Wheel ruts were preserved on parts of the road.

The cemetery lies next to road and has a peribolos wall made with rubble. It dates from the Late Geometric to the 5^th c. B.C. and includes 23 burials: 15 pyres, 4 cremations in pithoi, 1 terracotta larnax, 2 pit graves and a burial in a pithos (Fig. 2). The earliest burials date to the late 8^th-early 7^th c. B.C. 10 of the burials contained no offerings. In addition to these burials another two were found at a distance from the cemetery (Fig. 3). Specifically, the pyre of a human and the burial of a headless horse were excavated. These two may date to Late Roman times.

Finally, a Late Roman farmstead was excavated. It had a central courtyard with a subterranean cistern and attests to farming activities taking place in the broader area.