Karava, Corinth - Tripoli - Kalamata Highway, Lektro - Sparta section - 2014
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Record ID
10029
Activity Date
2014
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Institution
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2014
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Karava, Corinth - Tripoli - Kalamata Highway, Lektro - Sparta section. Evangelia Pantou, Evangelia P. Eleutheriou and Maria Florou (5η EBA) report on discoveries made during the construction of the new motorway.
Foundations were found of a building 3.48 x 5.04m, with walls surviving to a height of 0.35m. Inside the room, many pottery sherds were found, a coin, and an iron nail. A large storage vessel was found to the N of the room, along with five broken vessels. It is thought that the building was a storage facility dated to the early Byzantine period.
At point Χ.Θ. 41+480-41+520, another building was found with dimensions 4.20 x 3.67m, with a maximum surviving height 0.35m. A damaged brick floor was found, and a grave just outside.
S/SW of the two structures described above, two more walls were revealed, made of mudstone with a mortar binder. Between these walls was a mosaic floor, with dimensions 2.10 x 1.60m, decorated with a geometric pattern. The mosaic is dated to the end of the fifth century AD. Small finds (pottery sherds, four coins, and some glass fragments) were too few to date.
Foundations were found of a building 3.48 x 5.04m, with walls surviving to a height of 0.35m. Inside the room, many pottery sherds were found, a coin, and an iron nail. A large storage vessel was found to the N of the room, along with five broken vessels. It is thought that the building was a storage facility dated to the early Byzantine period.
At point Χ.Θ. 41+480-41+520, another building was found with dimensions 4.20 x 3.67m, with a maximum surviving height 0.35m. A damaged brick floor was found, and a grave just outside.
S/SW of the two structures described above, two more walls were revealed, made of mudstone with a mortar binder. Between these walls was a mosaic floor, with dimensions 2.10 x 1.60m, decorated with a geometric pattern. The mosaic is dated to the end of the fifth century AD. Small finds (pottery sherds, four coins, and some glass fragments) were too few to date.
Author
Michael Loy
Bibliographic reference(s)
ADelt 69 (2014), Chr., 607–8
Date of creation
2021-02-13 17:14:35
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2021-02-13 17:14:55