Vartholmio - Tragani plot. Christos Matzanas (Z’ EPKA) reports on the continuation of excavation at this plot, which borders the archaeological site of Tragani. A further 16 tiled room graves of the Roman period were investigated, consisting of two of the three burial mounds that can be seen today. One of the graves contains the remains of a young girl with bronze earrings. Two more clusters of graves were investigated, near a mound of burials that had been excavated in...

Vartholomio - Tragani Site (private properties of I. – K. Panagiotopoulou, A. Fligkou). Christos Matzanas (Z’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on discoveries made during excavation at this site; Two mounds containing 80 tombs, dated between the Neolithic and the Late antiquity, with main use during the Roman period, were found (Figs. 1 - 3). Trial trenches at the property of I. - K. Panagiotopoulou revealed 60 tombs. Many of them were half- destroyed (Fig. 4). The E part of the Tymbos I was located at the...

Vartholomio - Romaiika site. Christos Mantzanas (Z’ EPKA) reports on the excavation which took place during the construction process for the restoration of waterpipes within the city limits of Vartholomio. Romaiika was one of the sites excavated, located in the S of the village (figs. 1,2). Two tile-roof graves were found in Zakinthou St. (figs. 3, 4), one of which was well preserved.

Burial 1, which was oriented E-W (fig. 5), contained a single burial. The skeletal remains were...

Vartholomio - Katsiveri site. Christos Mantzanas (Z’ EPKA) reports on the continuation  of the excavation held close to the archeological site of Vartholomio. A large, unique for the area, Mycenaean tholos tomb (fig. 1) was revealed and excavated.

The tomb’s length was a total of 35 meters. A pyre was found on top of the roof’s destruction layer, with many burned bones of various animals, while a large number of sherds (mostly kylix) was found in the dromos. This...

Vartholomio, Katsiveri. G. Hatzi (Director, Ζ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports the discovery of a large Mycenaean tholos tomb (10m external diameter, 36m total length including the short dromos), close to the archaeological site of Vartholomio. The tomb was built of partially worked boulders and smaller unworked stones. Upon the stones of the collapsed tomb were the remains of a pyre with animal bones of various species. At the entrance to the dromos were sherds chiefly of...

Vartholomio, Katsiveri/Botsikia. Christos Matzanas (Ζ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on further investigations at the Mycenaean tholos tomb (Figs. 1, 2, 4, 5). The structure was 10 m. in dimeter and approximately 36 m. in length, while its height increased towards the north-east, following the slope of the field (Figs. 7, 11). It was built with roughly worked blocks and smaller stones (Fig 8). A rhomboid shaped hearth (2.4x1.8 m.), aligned on an E-W axis was located within the chamber, with pottery...

Vartholomio, Katsiveri or Botsikia. Christos Matzanas (Ζ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the discovery of a wall belonging to a rectangular construction (13.0x1.70-2.50 m.) (Fig. 1). Attached to the northern side of the wall was a niche (0.60×0.40×0.20 m.) (Fig. 2), while small numbers of prehistoric pottery sherds and flint chipped stone artefacts were also collected. The sediments also contained quantities of charcoal. At 4.80 m. along the wall towards the south-east, it changed direction towards...