À Argos, Clémence Weber-Pallez (EFA) a mené, en collaboration avec Marcel Piérart (Université de Fribourg), Dimitris Bartzis (architecte) et Anne-Sophie Martz (céramologue) une nouvelle campagne d’étude architecturale, céramologique et historique du portique de l’agora (bâtiment P). Cette mission a permis la mise en évidence des différentes phases historiques de la construction du bâtiment, de l’époque classique à l’époque byzantine, de même que l’évolution de ses...

À Argos, Anne Pariente (Service Archéologique, Lyon) a dirigé une nouvelle campagne d’étude et de fouilles sur les terrains Karmoyannis et Nannopoulos, afin de procéder à des vérifications et des examens ponctuels au bâtiment romain KR et sur les fondations de l’autel classique conservées à l’intérieur de la krépis K. Le bâtiment romain KR, fouillé pour la première fois par R. Etienne et A. Pasquier en 1972, a fait en 2021 l’objet de nouvelles opérations qui ont...

À Argos, une équipe menée par G. et A. Touchais (EfA) ont effectué en 2015 une mission de terrain sur l’Aspis, qui a consisté en un nettoyage des deux citernes repérées et relevées de manière rudimentaire par C. W. Vollgraff, la citerne b (Ouest ; fig. 1-2 et 4) et la citerne d (Sud ; fig. 4), afin d’en étudier les caractéristiques architecturales. Dans la citerne d (Sud), on a partiellement nettoyé la cavité circulaire de décantation qui se trouve à l’extrémité Ouest de...

Dans la plaine d’Argos, A. Chabrol (EfA) a mené en 2015 une mission géomorphologique au Sud de la ville. Cinq carottages ont été prélevés : quatre dans la partie occidentale de la plaine et une sur l’agora d’Argos, sur la rue du stade à peu de distance du Nymphée (fig. 1). Les carottages effectués dans la plaine ont montré la présence de dépôts lacustres antiques, composés d’argile avec des fragments de coquillages, jusqu’à une profondeur de 5 m. L’étude...

Argos. Anastasia Vassiliou (Ephorate of Antiquities of Argolida) reports the following:

A salvage excavation of the 25th Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities that brought to light a new part of the early Byzantine northern cemetery of Argos. A burial chamber with at least ten cist tombs was discovered in the northern part and an extension to the southeast with two additional tombs. In the southern part of the excavation and at a lower depth, part of a second burial chamber was also...

Dans le cadre d’un programme de l’Ecole française d’Athènes dirigé par G. Touchais (Université Paris 1), S. Fachard (post-doctorant, Brown University), a procédé en 2012 à un nettoyage fin des fortifications de la colline de l’Aspis, sur le site d’Argos, dans le but de compléter le plan général des vestiges. Les travaux se sont concentrés sur trois secteurs. Secteur Nord : le saillant triangulaire (fig. 1:1). - Un nettoyage de la tour carrée qui défend le flanc Nord du...

À Argos, un nouveau programme de recherche concernant l’étude diachronique des fortifications sur la colline du Prophète Élie, l’Aspis, a débuté en 2011, sous la direction de G. Touchais, A. Philippa-Touchais et S. Fachard, avec la collaboration d’E. Margaritis. Les recherches se sont portées cette année sur trois secteurs : - Dans le secteur Nord-Est, le nettoyage de la partie Nord du saillant triangulaire a confirmé sa datation au début de l’époque hellénistique...

Argos, Archaia Vouli Street, property of P. Koros. Georgia Ivou (Δ’ΕΠΚΑ) reports on excavation on a property east of the ancient market of Argos, about 450 m from the theatre. On the plot to the west, remains of an ancient temple (Temple K) have been found. The temple is identified as either Athena Antheia or with the sanctuaries of Athena Salpingos and Demeter Pelasgida, which are mentioned by Pausanias as lying at the eastern border of the agora. On the plot directly to the east, a...

Argos, 10 Angelou Georganta St (O.T. 130, property of Ev. and S. Litsogianni). Christos Piteros (Δ’ΕΠΚΑ) reports on excavations in 4 trenches on the Litsogianni property. The excavation revealed part of the city of Argos with an ancient path in various phases, from the Roman to the Classical-Archaic period, as well as fragmentary foundations of Hellenistic and Roman walls. In deeper layers sparse geometric and proto-geometric pottery was found. The continued use of the space also...

Argos, Parodos Herakleous 39 (O. T. 87, property of S. and E. Zempekou). Christos Piteros (Δ’ΕΠΚΑ) reports on four trenches investigated in the western part of the property. In the upper layers, pottery of the Roman and Hellenistic periods was found and sections of Hellenistic walls, as well as a Geometric infant pithos burial. On a poros Hellenistic foundation stone, large mason’s marks were found: AN. These date to the 2nd c. BC – the horizontal stroke of the A is oblique...

Aspis. - (Gilles Touchais, Paris 1/EfA, et Anna-Philippa-Touchais, EfA, et, pour la muraille, Sylvian Fachard, ESAG). Les travaux sur la colline de l’Aspis, où les travaux ont bénéficié comme tous les ans depuis 2005, d’une subvention de l’INSTAP, ont concerné deux points principaux : l’habitat mésohelladique, avec la poursuite des travaux de consolidation sur le terrain, à l’issue desquels les vestiges du secteur Est sont beaucoup plus lisibles et les structures mieux...

Argos, Tripoleos Street (Property of N. Anastasiou). Christos Piteros (Δ’ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the discovery of a Hellenistic and Roman cemetery (Fig. 1). In the eastern part of the property was found the built entrance of a large previously looted burial structure made of poros blocks (0.90x0.50x0.30 m.) (Fig.2). The building was preserved to the height of four blocks and rested on a pebble floor. The staircase consisted of four poros steps lined with plaster and was between 1.10-1.15 m. in...

Argos, 33 D. Kallergi Street (property of A. Tsafara). Christos Piteros (Δ'ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the discovery of a rectangular structure with evidence for two construction phases (Fig. 1). The earlier phase consisted of sections of wall built using worked limestone, while the latter included two adjoining Poros block walls located along the eastern and southern edge of the structure. The finds included pottery, parts of a clay perirrhanterion and figurines of the 5th to 4th centuries BC...

Argos, Ancient Agora. Christos Piteros (Δ’ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the completion of the joint Greek-French excavation project carried out at the ancient agora of Argos since 2003. During the final excavation season, a pit containing a section of a stone enclosure belonging to an altar was investigated (Fig. 1). The altar was located to the south of the northern stoa of the agora and was dated to the 4th c. BC The pit was dated to the Late Roman period and associated with a workshop. It...

Argos, Kyprou Street (Property of G. and P. Kontou). Eleni Sarri (Δ’ΕΠΚΑ)reports on the discovery of architectural remains belonging to two buildings of the 5th c. AD (Fig. 1). Located between these was a pebble paved road (1) of 9.65 m. in length and aligned on an E-W axis, which continued into adjacent properties. Its eastern section had been destroyed by the construction of a modern well. The upper surface of the road consisted of brown beaten earth in which there were large and small...

Argos, Aspis. G. Touchais (EfA/Paris 1) and A. Philippa-Touchais (EfA) report on the 2008 campaign. The MH walls of the central area of house O were consolidated and cleaning was undertaken in various parts of the site (Fig. 1). Preliminary study of the pottery and human bone remains recovered from the 2007 cleaning in the area of Vollgraff’s excavation shows that the 3 skeletons uncovered belong to a (probably male) adolescent 16/17 years old, a newborn baby suffering from congenital...

Argos, Herakleous Street (properties of A. Koutroubi and K. Theodoropoulou). The Δ’ ΕΠΚΑ reports the discovery of building remains of many periods on two plots close to the southeast slope of the Profitis Ilias hill. Hellenistic (fourth- to third-century) remains include stone house walls houses, three dumps of domestic pottery, and three cremation burials. A built cist tomb used for more than one burial, and two enchytrismoi (without accompanying goods) in a krater with upswung...

Argos, Karamoutza Street (O.T. 186, Property of S. Gitziri). Christos Piteros (Δ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the excavation of a road, foundations, burials and other features (Fig. 1). In the central and southern part of the property was a road of 6.60-6.70 m. in width, running in a SE-NW direction (Fig. 2). On both sides were building foundations, workshops, wells and burials dated from the Protogeometric to Early Roman periods. Along the northern side of the road was a large rubble wall of 0.70...

Argos, 22 Karantza Street (Property of P. Marlagoutsou). Christos Piteros (Δ' ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the excavation of building, pottery and graves from a number of different periods (Fig. 1). In the western part of the area were the foundations of a Hellenistic building, a rectangular room and various walls. The excavation also produced Hellenistic pottery, unguentaria and a fragment of a marble male statue. At a deeper level were deposits attributed to the Archaic and Classical periods...

Argos, 59 Korinthou Street (Ο.Τ. 16, Property of P. Th. Liakopoulou). Eleni Sarri (Δ' ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the discovery of a rectangular building (X.1) with excavated dimensions of 3.0 m. by 2.70 m (Fig. 1). Only the eastern, western and southern rubble walls were preserved. The presence of a pit containing unfinished pots found in the north of the building as well as a horseshoe shaped feature, possibly a sink, points to the industrial character of the building. From the interior of the...

Argos, 105 Irakleous Street (Property of K. Theodoropoulou). Eleni Sarri (Δ' ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the discovery of building remains from the Late Classical to Early Hellenistic, Archaic, Late Helladic and Middle Helladic periods, as well as burials of the Late Helladic and Late Geometric (Figs. 1,2). Building remains of the Late Classical/Early Hellenistic included two rooms (Ι, IV) in the western and eastern part of the area, foundations of walls in the south (22, 5, 7), a large wall (10)...

Argos, Karamoutza Street (Property of A. and P. NTASOU and Ev. Georgantopoulou). Eleni Sarri (Δ' ΕΠΚΑ) reports on further excavation of buildings from Late antiquity, including a number of different construction phases (Fig. 1). The first building phase (4th to 5th centuries AD) included a wall (3) of 14.10 m. in length and 1.14-1.17 m. in height, aligned on a N-S axis. It was built using the opus testaceum system and had a foundation of stone blocks. It was plastered and there were...

Argos, Agios Petros Square. Christos Piteros (Δ' ΕΠΚΑ) reports on two marble Ionic column bases used for the decoration of the area around the church (Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4). Made of Thasos marble, they were probably derived from a large building and are dated to the Early Christian...

Argos, Ancient Theatre. Christos Piteros (Δ' ΕΠΚΑ) reports on a rectangular limestone block (1.13 x0.34x0.30 m.), on the front of which is a relief depicting a rooster fight. Above the left rooster is the inscription ]ΤΡΑΤΟΛΑ and above the right, the inscription ΜΝΑΙΠ[. The relief is dated to the Early Roman...

Argos, Aspis. G. Touchais (EfA/Paris 1) and A. Philippa-Touchais (EfA) report on the 2007 season of excavation and study. Cleaning of the E sector of W. Vollgraff’s excavations was completed (Fig. 1), revealing the spatial organization of this part of the MH settlement. The settlement was organized in 2 successive terraces: the houses of the lower terrace, built along the peribolos, are oriented N−S following the contours of the hill, whereas those of the upper terrace are perpendicular to...

Argos. Junction of Korinthou and Heras Streets (property of P. and I. Bozionelou). E. Sarri (Δ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports investigation of a Late Geometric and Archaic cemetery. In addition to pithos burials and one built cist, a Late Geometric-early Archaic (early seventh-century) bronze cinerary urn was found covered by limestone slabs. The vessel contained the remains of one or more sheets of cloth, and pomegranate seeds. The rarety and early date of these finds, the use of a metal vessel in a...

Argos, Nannopoulos plot. A. Pariente (EfA/Lyon) and Ch. Piteros (Δ' ΕΠΚΑ) report on the 5th season of excavation. Clearance of the agora cemetery provided no further possibility of determining its chronology in the absence of funerary offerings and definable limits. The 6 tombs discovered in 2007, like their predecessors, were uniformly oriented with the head to the SW and the feet to the NE. They housed the remains of a young adult buried in a pit protected by a wooden cover, 2 children...

Argos, Tripoleos Street (Ο.Τ. 478, Property of D. Michalopoulou). Christos Piteros (Δ' ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the completion of excavations carried out within the property since 2004. Ten trenches aligned on an E-W axis were investigated during 2007 (Fig. 1). Roman pottery was present on the surface while in the eastern part of the property were two square burial constructions (A and B) of the same chronology (Fig. 2). Burial A was aligned on an E-W axis and consisted of a main chamber and...

Argos, Gounari Street (O.T. 155, Property of N. Xixi). Christos Piteros (Δ΄ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on excavations undertaken in the eastern, central and northern part of the property, in which architectural remains, pottery and small finds dated from the Helladic to the post-Byzantine periods was found (Figs. 1, 2, 3). In the north-eastern part of the property was a square wine press dated to the post-Byzantine (Fig. 4). Built with stones it was lined externally with lime plaster and internally...

Après la démolition de la série des neuf cuves laissées en place lors des campagnes précédentes sur la partie Ouest du terrain, l’essentiel de la campagne, menée en collaboration avec l’éphorie de Nauplie, a porté sur le secteur Nord, celui de la krépis, de la base centrale de l'orchestra et de ses environs immédiats (fig. 1). – à la jonction de la krépis et de la base centrale, on a mis au jour une succession de couches livrant une céramique du IIIe - VIe s. ap. J.-C. et...

La campagne de 2006, qui a bénéficié, comme la précédente, d'un financement complémentaire de l'INSTAP, a comporté plusieurs volets : l’achèvement du plan topographique de l’Aspis, commencé en 2005. Le travail de terrain est désormais terminé, il reste à calculer les points topographiques, à dresser le nouveau plan et à caler les relevés architecturaux afin d’obtenir un plan complet et cohérent de cette zone. les fouilles complémentaires – accompagnées de...

Argos, Bousoulopoulou Street (O.T. Γ 412, property of Th. Papathanasiou). G. Tsekes (25th EBA) reports on the conclusion of an excavation begun in 2005. A fragment of a mosaic with a geometric design in white, black and red tesserae was found in a well in the east section of the excavation. An empty stone-built tomb (2.81 x 1.2m, 1.95m deep) with a terracotta tiled floor was found south of an east-west wall....

Argos, Paschalinopoulou Street (O.T. 69, property of G. and K. Giannikaki). A. Vasileiou (25th EBA) reports the discovery of two early modern wine presses and collection tanks, some architectural remains, a well and burials. The eastern of the wine presses is rectangular (4.25 x 3.30m), built of stone and lined with hydraulic mortar: a spout in the southern wall leads to a collecting tank of similar construction (with hydraulic mortar inside and out). To the east of this press was a...

La troisième campagne de fouilles du terrain Nannopoulos, menée en collaboration avec l’éphorie de Nauplie (A. Pariente et Chr. Pitéros), a permis de mettre au jour, dans la partie Nord du terrain, la suite de deux monuments : dans le secteur Nord, on a poursuivi le dégagement de la krépis et des fondations de la colonnade (fig. 1). Une bande d’éclats de taille y atteste le débitage des blocs supérieurs de la krépis. À l’emplacement du bassin installé dans l’orchestra,...

Une série de sondages, de nettoyages et de travaux d’aménagement ont par ailleurs lieu sur l’agora d’Argos au cours de l’année 2005 (M. Piérart) : le nettoyage des égouts (fig. 1-2) était destiné à rendre compréhensible le plan de l’installation, tout en assurant une protection économique des ruines ; ont été également nettoyés le bassin triangulaire et le canal secondaire qui s'y déversait. l'étude des éléments d'architecture a permis de préciser sur...

Ont bénéficié des infrastructures de l'EfA à Argos et, le plus souvent, d'un soutien financier pour leur recherche : M.-Fr. Billot pour les terres cuites architecturales d’Argolide, Cl. Prêtre pour ses recherches épigraphiques, G. Touchais et A. Philippa-Touchais pour leurs travaux sur l’Aspis. Ces derniers feront l’objet d’un bref développement : ils ont tout d’abord concerné des travaux d’aménagement, destinés à assurer la protection d'un certain nombre de...

Argos. 39 Danaou Street (property of the Xixi brothers, O.T. 134A). Ch. Piteros (Δ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports the discovery of Archaic, Hellenistic and Roman building remains. In the southeast of the plot, at a depth of 2.37-2.45m, three rooms of a Roman bath complex had partially preserved floor mosaics covered with terracotta tiles. The building continued beyond the excavation area to the east and south. By the west side was a Roman cistern lined with terracotta tiles. Three sections of floor...