Oliver Hülden (ÖAI/ ÖAW) and Georgia Z. Alexopoulou (Ephorate of Antiquities of Achaia) report on the fieldwork carried out in Leontion in Achaia. This work is part of a 5 year’s collaboration which aims to further our understanding of the history and archeology of the polis of Leontion in Achaia. The first years of fieldwork were characterized by survey and prospection activities which, among other things, resulted in a first detailed plan of the settlement on Kastritsi...

Trapeza. Andreas Vordos (Ephorate of Antiquities of Achaia) and Elisabetta Borgna (University of Udine) report on excavations from Trapeza, 8km SW of Aigio. The site is associated with Rupes, a city that flourished in early historical times, and founded Crotone in Magna Graecia.

Excavation focused on the site’s Mycenaean necropolis, located on the SW slope of the plateau and on the ancient road that led to the citadel in the historic periods. Graves include chamber tombs, carved...

Trapeza. The five-year programme of excavation directed by Dr A. Vordos (Ephorate of Antiquities of Achaia), with the participation of Dr E. Borgna (Udine), together with students from Udine, Trieste and Venice, and postgraduates from Greek universities, revealed a quantity of grave offerings and tombs of high quality in the Mycenaean cemetery of Trapeza 7km SW of Aigion (Fig. 1). The finds testify to the surprising cultural and social vitality of the area. The plateau is identified with the...

Road between Patras and Aigion. Evgenia Poulimenou (Ephorate of Antiquities of Achaia) and Nikos Petropoulos (Ephorate of Antiquities of Achaia) report the following:

Excavations undertaken during public works programmes revealed a number of agricultural settlements along the coast between Patras and Aigion, where ancient Rypai was situated. These sites appear to have common features in terms of location, construction, function, and period of use. Their rural character is indicated...

Dyme. Vasiliki Tsaknaki (Ephorate of Antiquities of Achaia) reports the following:

Α significant number of pottery kilns was uncovered in Dyme during rescue excavations. Most were located in the west part of the city, inside the city walls, where a potters’ quarter must have existed. The lower chambers of the kilns were cut into the natural bedrock. The size of the kilns and the modifications undergone by some of them indicate mass production and a long period of use, spanning...

Patras. Nikolaos Vasilakis (Ephorate of Antiquities of Achaia) reports the following:

An array of post-byzantine ceramics were discovered during rescue excavations at Patras and dating from the end of the 17th to the mid-19th centuries: storage and transportation vessels, tableware, and lamps. Excavations also provided evidence for pottery workshops in the Upper City (Ano Poli) of Patras and probably also the wider area, which produced both coarse wares for domestic use, usually...

Patras - Kotroni. Konstantina Aktipi (Ephorate of Antiquities of Achaia) reports the following:

Recent rescue excavations by the Ephorate of Antiquities of Achaea (former 6th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities) at Kotroni, 3.5 km north of the city centre of Patras, revealed parts of an Early Helladic settlement previously known only from scattered remains briefly reported in the Archaeologikon Deltion. The settlement lies on a gently sloping plateau, which rises...

Tritaia - Daska. Vasilis Argyropoulos reports the following:

During works for the construction of a reservoir and irrigation network at Daska in the Municipality of Tritaia, Achaea, a steep, isolated, and difficult to access site in a ravine in the foothills of Mount Erymanthos, excavations revealed the remains of a densely built prehistoric settlement inhabited from the Middle Helladic to the Late Helladic IIIC periods. The settlement occupies approximately 0.4 hectares spread...