- Agathonision
Agathonisi (Anc. Tragaia). P. Triantaphyllidis (ΚΒ' ΕΠΚΑ) reports his discovery in 2001, and systematic excavation from 2006, of an EHel−ERom fortified settlement at Kastraki, overlooking the bay of Maistros. The associated anc. port now lies below sea level, adjacent to the E wall of the fortification. The N, E and W sides of the hill were fortified: an area of ca. 0.5ha lies within the walls. The site was fortified in the EHel period (L4th−E3rdCt BC). The walls, which form an...
Agathonisi. Chochlakies (Palaio Chorio). P. Triantaphyllidis (ΚΒ' ΕΠΚΑ) reports on surface remains at this hill site, located N of Alonia (NW of Palaio Chorio). On the top of the hill were the remains of severely damaged walls, traces of dug features, level terraces and a few plainware sherds of the Hel and Rom periods. Reuse of the site, the fact that the buildings have only superficial foundations and the thinness of the anc. levels which were easily washed away in heavy rain, have...
Agathonisi. Kavi. P. Triantaphyllidis (ΚΒ' ΕΠΚΑ) reports the discovery of an anc. quarry NE of Mt Kephala (close to the sites of Benetou and Prezibolia, where plainware sherds have been discovered). Upstanding, quarried masses of rock are visible, between which areas where blocks were quarried can be traced. There are 4 incised foot impressions which are life-sized (maximum l. 0.28m, d. 0.05−0.1m), one of which contains a dedicatory inscription recording the man’s name ΑΡΧΕΛΑ...
Agathonisi. Tholoi. P. Triantaphyllidis (ΚΒ' ΕΠΚΑ) reports on investigation of a monumental, probably EByz, complex near the bay of Tholoi, ca. 2km SE of Megali Chorio. The structure is orthogonal, 25m x 23m, oriented N-S, and has 7 ground-floor rooms or spaces with built vaults, entrances from the E and walls of isodomic rubble masonry. The walls, and parts of the stone paved or pebble floors, are coated with thick lime plaster. Terracotta pipes run down vertically inside the walls,...
Agathonisi. Mikro Damaki (Damakia). P. Triantaphyllidis (ΚΒ' ΕΠΚΑ) reports on evidence for a cemetery on this hill site SE of Megalo Chorio in the E of the island. An inscribed funerary stele of the LHel period reads: ...]ΗCΕΙC ΧΡΗCΤΗ XAI[ΡΕ]. On the E side of the valley, close to the river, is a strong wall of polygonal masonry dating to the pre-Rom period, with sherds (chiefly plainware) on the E slope. In the wider area, to the S, at the coastal site of Tsangaris, are ECh...