Pallene, Kantza, Football pitch, (property of Kantza Emporiki Co.). Anna Plassara (B’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the discovery of a settlement dating from the Neolithic to the Middle Helladic periods (Fig. 1). Neolithic settlement: 5 huts with stone paved floors and postholes were excavated (Fig. 2). In addition, deposit and storage pits were found containing seashells, obsidian blades and chips, and pottery sherds (Fig. 3). Small finds from the area include, apart from the aforementioned finds,...

Pallene, Gerakas, DEDDHE construction works. Anna Plassara (B’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on excavations in Kantza and Gerakas in the broader area of KYT (Fig. 1). Five destruction layers were found, two of which date to the Early Bronze Age, one to the Archaic period and one to Roman times. The fifth, undated, one contained a lekythos (Fig. 2) and was located on top of an ancient road (Fig. 3). Additional finds from the destruction layers include pottery sherds, fragments from roof tiles and a...

Pallene, Kantza, Football court, (property of Kantza Emporiki Co.). Anna Plassara (B’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the discovery of a settlement dating from the Neolithic to the Middle Helladic periods (Fig. 1).

Neolithic settlement: 5 huts with stone paved floors and postholes were excavated (Fig. 2). In addition, deposit and storage pits were found containing seashells, obsidian blades and chips, and pottery sherds (Fig. 3). Small finds from the area include, apart from the...

Pallini - Kantza. Αthina-Maria Romanidou (Ephorate of Antiquities of East Attica) reports the following:

A Middle Bronze Age site was discovered in October 2010 in the property of “Kantza Commercial S.A.” in the area of the former Campas winery – recently declared as a heritage landmark – in Kantza, Pallini, Attica. The excavation revealed eight circular structures with common constructional features and post-holes, arranged at regular intervals of 8m to 11m, two...

Pallene, Centre, Tannes, 58 Leontariou St. (O.T. 82, property of I. Kontos-A. Mastrokostas and Co.) D.N. Christodoulou (Β’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the discovery of a Late Roman cemetery (Fig 1). In total 11 burials were found: 6 cist graves and 5 tile graves (Figs 2, 3, 4, 5, 6). 3 of the tile graves contained child burials and 1 of them contained a double child burial. The head of one child was placed on the thorax of the other. The burial...

Pallene, Centre, 12 Rega Pheraiou St. (O.T. 96, property of N. Morarou) D.N. Christodoulou (Β’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the discovery of a Hellenistic farmstead. Two rooms and a rough structure were found (Fig 1). The walls of the rooms had been constructed with roughly worked stones. Room 1 had a beaten earth floor and contained iron nails, the iron part of a sickle, a bronze coin and a black-glazed, 3rd c. B.C. lamp. Room 2 contained numerous...

Palleni, Kentro, Tannes, Leontariou 58 (O.T. 82, property of “I. Kontos – A. Mastrokostas and Co.”). Dimitrios Christodoulou (B’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the discovery of a Late Roman cemetery (Fig 1). Burial I was a cist grave containing a skeleton, 2 intact oinochoe, an intact open vessel, a bronze coin and an iron spoon (Fig. 2). Burial II was a cist grave containing a skeleton, a bronze, octagonal coin, a bronze ring, an iron fibula, and a skyphos, which contained 2 oinochoe and a...

Palleni, Kentro, Rega Ferraiou 12 (O.T. 96, property of D. Morarou). Dimitrios Christodoulou (B’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the discovery of a Hellenistic farmstead (Fig. 1). Six rubble walls were excavated delimiting two rooms and another three rooms are conjectured, based on the continuation of these walls in the adjacent property. Room I had a floor of beaten earth and a north-facing entrance. Ash was found in many areas on the floor. Iron nails, a bronze coin and a 3rd c. B.C. black-glazed lamp...

Pallene, Aghios Nikolaos, Pallenidos Athenas St. (O.T. 172, property of Emm. Perantzaki) D.N. Christodoulou (Β’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the discoveries of a Geometric burial and a Byzantine farmstead. The pit grave contained a male skeleton, an amphora, a trefoil-lipped oinochoe, a plate, three skyphoi, two kantharoi, an iron knife and a bronze artefact. It dates in the 8th c. B.C.

The...

Pallini - Loutros. Anastasia Rammou (Numismatic Museum, Athens), Panagiota Zouvelou (Ephorate of Antiquities of East Attica) report the following:

The site of Loutros is located on the NW part of the Mesogeia plain, to the S of modern Pallini and at a distance of 12km from the sea. The area is watered by torrents running down from Mt Penteli, which eventually join the Great Torrent of Raphina.  Sustained archaeological testing across this fertile plain was made possible thanks...

Pallini. Giorgos Steihauer (Emeritus Ephor of Antiquities) reports the following:

During construction works for the Attiki Odos, between 1999 and 2001, an extensive Neolithic settlement was discovered at the site of Pallini. The settlement was located to the NW of the Levidi hill, ca. 1 km south of Marathon Avenue. The investigated part of the settlement (ca. 1.3 hectare) was bisected E-W by a natural ditch formed by the activity of a nearby torrent. The northern sector seems to...