Mazi plain (Eleusis-Oinoe). S. Fachard (Geneva/Swiss National Science Foundation), A.R. Knodell (Carleton College/ESAG), and E. Banou (Γ’ ΕΠΚΑ) report on the second season of the Mazi Archaeological Project (Fig. 1). A combination of intensive and extensive archaeological survey methods, as well as photogrammetric modeling, drone-based aerial photography, multi-spectral satellite imagery analysis, differential GPS mapping (DGPS), and...

Kynosarges, 11 Kallirrois Street. Dimitra-Kallirroi Stavroulaki (Γ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the excavation of a large Roman building, with dimensions 80 x 60m and oriented EW. The building contained an inner courtyard (surrounded by peristyle to the N, S and E, and large rectangular room to W), and dates to the first century AD or beginning of the second century AD. The building was abandoned after the third century AD. During the excavation of the floor, ceramics was collected dating between...

Makrigianni, 5 Faleron Street. Efi Aleksaki Mantzouka, Georgios Michalopoulos and Chara Charami (Γ’ ΕΠΚΑ) report on discoveries made at this plot. Six pit graves were located, dating principally between the Late Helladic and Archaic periods. To the NW of the plot, parts of an ancient road were found, 6.20 x 0.6m. There were multiple repairs to this road, and it eventually became incorporated into the building located to the E. Most of the plot was occupied by domestic structures,...

Eleusis, secondary sewage network. Kalliopi Papaggeli and Chrysanthu Tzavali (Γ’ ΕΠΚΑ) report on discoveries made from 80 trenches covering 2.5 square kilometres, opened during the laying of the new sewage network. In the N part of the city. On Kontoulis Street between Peisistratos Street and Laskos Street, walls of domestic structures dating to the Roman period were found, two wells and kilns. Pipes were found further along the street, and two late Roman ossuaries E of Kimnos street,...

Eleusis, 86 Heroes of Polytexneios Street (O.T. 150, property of I. Patala). Basiliki Daiaki (Γ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on discoveries made while a tank was installed at a petrol station. Two walls were revealed, of length 2.53m, oriented NW, while in the S part of the trench, a second set of walls made of Eleusinian grey stone were discovered. Pottery of the Classical period seems to date these...

Eleusis, wastewater treatment works. Kalliopi Papaggeli and Chrysanthi Tzavali (Γ’ ΕΠΚΑ) report on discoveries made during the laying of the new wastewater network throughout the town. In the S part of the town, structures of the Hellenistic and Roman periods were found. Structures were either related to domestic structures, or cisterns. At Bouboulina Street, a Roman pipe was found that ran from the sanctuary in a SE direction towards the sea. Four wells were found around the Sacred...

Megara. Intersection of Thebes Street and an unnamed road, O.T. 623. Panagiota Avgerinou (Γ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the discovery of fourteen graves, many of which date to the Roman period. Area 1 was defined by a walls to the W and S, the space inside which was 2.80 x 3.10 m Grave 1: child burial in a cist grave, oriented N/NE. Two bronze bracelets and rings. Mid 6th century BC. Grave 2: Disturbed, but probably one of the later graves. Grave 3: Burnt vessel, in which bones were...

Megara. Area of Agios Ioannis Chorevtara, O.T. 225, 6th primary school. Panagiota Avgerinou (Γ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on discoveries made during excavation for the construction of a new Kindergarten building. 18 cist graves were discovered, of which five were completely destroyed. There were also four sarcophagi, one tiled-roof grave, three pit burials and eight burial deposits. Eight of these graves were dated to the Hellenistic period. Most of the graves were in two clusters, demarcated by a...

Megara. German road and unnamed street, O.T. 394. Panagiota Avgerinou (Γ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on discoveries made during excavation for the construction of a new house. 20 graves were excavated, dating to the archaic and classical periods, including six cists, eight sarcophagi, one tiled roof grave, two pits, two amphora burials, and one burial deposit. Three graves date to the fourth century BC, and one to the first half of the third century BC. All sarcophagi contained multiple burials....

Megara. Silymvrias Street, O.T. 70δ. Panagiota Avgerinou (Γ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on discoveries made at this site. A wall was excavated, to the N and E of which fill contained broken ceramic vessels, most of which were unpainted and dated to the fifth and sixth centuries AD. It is thought that this was a waste deposit from a nearby workshop. Another large wall was discovered N of this first wall, dated by pottery to the Late Roman period. To the S of the plot a grave was found, and an...

Megara. 16 I. Delli Street, O.T. 126. Evgenia Tsalkou (Γ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the excavation of a Hellenistic period house found at this plot, which seems to have been rebuilt in the Early and Middle Roman period. Two fragmentary walls from the Geometric and Archaic periods also survive. Construction phases of the house date to the end of the third century / start of the second century BC, while the second phase is first to second century AD. An andron was located in the central part of...

domestic remains, as well as a wall of classical-Roman date. Early to Late Byzantine remains include three walls, whose intersection demarcates two rooms. Room was found to the S with dimensions 4.05 x 2.70m. It was paved in the northernmost part. Room 2 was found to the N, with dimensions 2.35 x 2.60-2.70m. A small area of paved floor was removed, and pottery collected from the Byzantine and Late Roman periods. From the Classical and Postclassical periods, walls came to light in the N and W...

Athens, Koukaki, M. Mpotsari 3 (property of A. Ioannidi). Giannis Maurokefalidis (Γ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the discovery of a 5th c. B.C. cemetery (Figs. 1, 2). 17 burials were excavated: 14 pit graves and three pyres. The pyres and 6 of the pit graves were rock cut. The burial offerings include lekythoi, some of which black-figure, seashells, 5 terracotta figurines (4 of birds and 1 of a man), a metal ring and pottery...

Athens, Botanikos, Falaisias 4 (property of A. Adrianopoulou). Giannis Maurokefalidis (Γ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the discovery of a Late Roman – Early Christian cemetery, which was built on top of a Classical one (Figs. 1, 2). 13 cist graves with an E-W orientation were excavated. These were built with strong walls which incorporated many spolia from the earlier, Classical cemetery (Fig. 3). The burial offerings include bronze coins (one of which is of Justinianic date), a bronze pin, a lamp...

Eleusis, Drainage works. Kalliopi Papaggeli (Γ’ ΕΠΚΑ) and Chrysanthi Tzavali (Γ’ ΕΠΚΑ) report on the antiquities found during extensive works on the local drainage system (Figs. 1, 2). On Kontouli and Hatzigeorgiou parts of Roman buildings, and Hellenistic and Archaic walls were found. On Miaouli Roman walls, floors and drains, as well as a Hellenistic retaining wall were revealed. The latter could have supported an ancient road. On Thanasoulopoulou, a kiln and three burials were...

Votanikos, 59 Chalkidiki Street, property of I. Panou and Ch. Droulia. Giannis Mavrokefalidis (Γ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on excavation undertaken during the construction of a new eight-storey building, covering 200 square metres. In the northern part of the plot, the southern wall (wall 1) of a room was found, oriented EW, almost intact and of length 2.57m. A second wall oriented NS forms an angle with this wall (wall 2), preserved to a length 1.62m. The SW part of the plot contained a workshop...

Mets, plot at the intersection of Ardittos Street, Thomoulos Street, Kefalos Street and Koutoula Steet. Georgios Michalopoulos and Kosstantinos Papagiannakis (Γ’ ΕΠΚΑ) report on discoveries from this large plot. Rubble was removed from buildings dating to the twentieth and nineteenth centuries AD. Four graves with vaulted roofs were excavated, dating to the fifth and sixth centuries AD. There was also possibly a public building located...

Athens. 16 Agios Dimitriou Street. Georgios Michalopoulos (Γ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the discovery of a section of ancient road (Classical to Roman period), adjacent to walls that are thought to outline rooms of a Hellenistic period house. Two niches were found dug into the walls, in which pottery of the Geometric period was found. Another cutting was found in the rock along the ancient road, which was lined with tiles, and located next to a well (diameter...

Athens. 96 Ermou. Georgios Michalopoulos (Γ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on excavations undertaken on this large plot (144 metres squared). There was a drainage ditch dated to the Classical period, made of irregular slabs of alabaster and limestone. It was repaired in the Roman period. The pipe is oriented NE, and is 13.50m long and 1m wide. Room 3 was discovered, 1.35 x 2.85m and dating to the Hellenistic period. The walls of the room had been cut by a later Roman phase of walls. In the NE of the...

Theseio, Poulopoulou 6 and Amphiktyonos (property of P. Sakellari). Giannis Maurokefalidis (Γ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the discovery of 5 walls, 2 cisterns, 1 terracotta drain and parts of 5 floors (Fig. 1). One of the cisterns had been subsequently used as a deposit pit. Finds from the area date from the 4th c. B.C. to the Byzantine period. These include undecorated pottery sherds, cooking pots, storage vessels, red-figure pottery sherds, loom weights, fragments from an iron knife, fragments...

Koukaki, Th. Renti 9-11. Eugenia Tsalkou (Γ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the discovery of a Submycenaean – Protogeometric cemetery as well as various Classical to Roman finds and burials (Fig. 1). Numerous Mycenaean, Submycenaean, Protogeometric and Geometric burials have been found in this area (see references above). Submycenaean – Protogeometric burials: 29 rock-cut cist graves (Fig. 2), 4 shaft graves and 1 inurned cremation were found. 27 of these contained burial offerings. The latter...

Athens, Kallisperi 21. Niki Sakka (Γ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the discovery of a 4th – 5th c. A.D. apsidal building (Figs. 1, 2). The building has a prodomos and a floor decorated in the opus sectile technique. It is highly likely that this building belongs to the large, public, 4th c. A.D. bath that was found in the area (Agora XXIV, 42-44). The building was extended in the 10th-12th c. A.D. A statue of a seated woman (1st c. A.D.) had been used in the construction of the building’s east...

Athens, Monastiriou 6-8 (property of Manasaki). Konstantina Lymperopoulou (Γ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the discovery of a stretch of the ancient road leading from the asty to the Academy of Plato and 7 burials (Fig. 1). The road had two 5th-century B.C. phases (one prior to the middle of the century and one after), and appears to have remained in use until the 2nd c. B.C. A drain runs parallel to the road. The latter was damaged by a modern well. Finally 1 inurned cremation, 4 tile graves and...

Athens, Kynosarges, Vourvachi 17 and Kokkini 1 (O.T. 54048). Charalabia Charami (Γ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the discovery of a retaining wall and walls of a large Roman building (Figs. 1, 2). The latter could have been the Hadrianic Gymnasium of Kynosarges (see references above). In addition, another part of the Late Roman cemetery was excavated (see references above). Secondary inhumations were found as well as 11 late 6th – early 7th c. A.D. pots. Amongst the finds is a late 5th c. A.D.,...

Eleusis, Pindou and Kolokotroni (O.T. 297, property of Linardou Bros.). Kalliopi Papaggeli (Γ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the discovery of a Hellenistic building and a Late Classical (late 4th c. B.C.) road (Fig. 1). The building was tripartite and the walls were built with stone boulders and rubble. The floor was paved with terracotta slabs. With respect to the road, five consecutive surfaces were identified as well as a retaining wall on its east side.   The excavation was conducted...

Eleusis, Kougioumtzoglou 50 and Petraki (O.T. 182, property of Sot. Leventi). Kalliopi Papaggeli (Γ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the discovery of an early Archaic to Classical cemetery (Fig. 1). 72 burials were excavated: 30 inurned cremations of children, 34 pyres, 7 pit graves and 1 larnax. The burials contained few burial...

Eleusis, Heroon Polytechneiou, Petraki and Hatzidaki Streets (O.T. 133, property of D. Aggelou and Co.). Kalliopi Papaggeli (Γ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the discoveries of a Mycenaean settlement, a cemetery, and a road with Archaic to Late Roman buildings on both sides of it (Fig. 1). The cemetery, which was rich in burial offerings (Fig. 2), contained 19 Classical and Hellenistic burials, 7 Geometric ones, 2 prehistoric ones and a Classical well (Fig....

Megara, Agia Laura Street (O.T. 243, plot of I. Valta). Maria Tsichli (Γ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the excavation of an underground storage area (the ‘Megaron’), comprising rectangular units (Fig. 1 and 2) supported by four walls (Fig. 3). The initial phase of construction dates to the second half of the fourth century B.C., and the second (including repair of Walls 3 and 4) dates to the 3rd-1st centuries B.C. Pottery and finds from the area indicate continued use from the early Hellenistic...

Athens, Mets, 3 Koutsodemou Yanni St. (O.T. 53011, property of D. Oikonomou). E. Alexaki-Mantzouka (Γ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the discoveries of a Hellenistic to Late Roman cemetery and a Late Roman house (Figs 1, 2, 3, 4). In total 9 burials were found: 4 pit graves, 2 tile grave, 2 in-urned cremations and a vessel containing a burial. The burial offerings include 3 unguentaria. In addition, 3 funerary colonnettes were found in secondary use in the walls of the Late Roman house. The...