- Amfia, Gardiki
Ampheia. Leonidas Souchleris (ΛΘ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on work undertaken on Gardiki-Kokkala/Oria Hill, where the fortified settlement of Ampheia was located. The fortifications were located on the south-western side of the hill, which is also the most accessible. They were aligned on an E-W orientation and had preserved dimensions of 21 m. long by 1.80-1.90 m. wide and 2.20 m. high. In the middle of the wall was a tower (2.5x3.0 m.), while on the eastern slopes of the hill was a road cut into...
Kastroulia Ampheias. X. Arapogianni reports the systematic excavation of two tumuli, ca. 40m apart, on a small hill ca. 500m from the Mycenaean cemetery of Ellinika and 450m west of the village of Ampheia. Prehistoric sherds have previously been noted on and around the hill. A fuller study of the tombs has subsequently been published by J. Rambach. Tumulus 1 had previously been the target of illegal excavation which may also have destroyed parts of the central burial pit: this was cut into...
Les recherches de surface menées par Y. Pikoulas au Sud de Mégalopolis confirment que l'ancienne Ampheia, petite ville fortifiée, ne doit pas être localisée à Helléniko, près de Desylla, mais sur la colline occupée par le kastro de Gardiki. Πελοποννησιακά, suppl. 13 (1987-88), vol. 2, p....