Beis site, Philosophers Street, property of Mikronis - Logothetis, Lefkada. Vivian Staikou (ΛΣΤ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the discovery of fifty four graves, in the N, E and central parts of this plot. The graves included 11 porolithic sarcophagi, five cist graves, ten tiled roof graves, 22 pits, and one cremation. The floor of several tombs was found covered in a thick layer of clay. In the SE part of the site, six graves were found (three pits, three sarcophagi) were found in a dense...

Karyotes, property of Agg. Georgakis, Lefkada. Vivian Staikou (ΛΣΤ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the discovery of 31 graves. Of the graves, 17 were pits, 4 sarcophagi, 6 tiled roof graves, 3 pithos graves, and one clay larnax, with no regular formation between one another (Fig. 1). The depth of graves ranged between a few centimetres to 1.30m. The majority of graves were dated by pottery grave goods (skyphoi, kylikes, lekythoi, oinochoai, figurines) to the fifth century BC.  A large...

Megali Vrisi, plot of A. Athanitis, Lefkada. Vivian Staikou (ΛΣΤ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the continuation of the excavation of a Roman farmhouse, first discovered in 2006.  Twenty six more rooms were discovered this year, dating between the early Hellenistic and Roman periods.  To the E, rooms were found that seem to have been used for the storage of wine. There were also tanks that could have been used for the dying of fabrics with purple dye.  In the NE, rooms were...

Property of M. Fouros, Kalligoni, Lefkada. Maria Gatsi and Vivian Staikou (ΛΣΤ’ ΕΠΚΑ) report on further excavation of a small domestic structure first excavated in 2004–2005. 

Five further walls were identified, defining to further areas of the S, N and E, all parts of the house in the Hellenistic period. In Room A (Fig. 1), a floor of fine gravel and mortar was discovered, in the form of a mosaic 2.5 x 2.5m. Large quantities of pottery were collected, including 57...

Property of K. Vlakou, Kariotes Lefkada. Maria Gatsi and Vivian Staikou (ΛΣΤ’ ΕΠΚΑ) report on the excavation of a burial enclosure (Fig. 1).

Two rectangular spaces were found with a connecting corridor. No graves were actually found inside, as it seems that the space was reused for some other purpose, possibly as some sort of production centre. Both the building remains and the area to the N and W were covered in a thick layer of ceramics. Tiles, loom weights, figurines,...

Avtantzes Karyoton plot, property of Z. Soldatou, S cemetery, Lefkada. Maria Gatsi (ΛΣΤ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on excavations at ancient cemetery of Lefkada, previously excavated in 2002 and 2005.

80sqm were excavated, bringing to light a burial enclosure, building, and fourteen graves (Fig. 1, Fig. 2). In the S corner,  part of the burial enclosure wall was exposed (Fig. 3). Its visible length was 4.85m and 0.70m wide, and it was made of large limestone pieces. The size of...

Lefkada. The IB’ ΕΠΚΑ presents a review of rescue excavations in the city. During the widening of Philosophon Street on the southwest fringes of the modern city, extensive remains of two agricultural residences were uncovered. These extend out beside the ancient road from the northern gate of the city to the western shore. Both show successive phases of occupation from the fourth century BC to the third century AD: the better preserved Roman remains include installations for olive oil...

Castle of Agia Mavra. P. Dimitrakopoulou (8th EBA) reports the discovery, in the course of an extensive programme of cleaning and conservation (Figs 1-4), of a tower by the south wall which belongs to the oldest phase of the fortification, probably under Venetian...