Ionia road, between Ampelia and Episkopiko - 2014

General Information

Record ID

10591

Activity Date

2014

Chronologies

Iron Age - Early Dark Age

Antiquity - Hellenistic - Roman

Byzantine period

Key-words

Numismatics - Metal

Type of Operation

Restoration/Conservation/Reconstruction - Rescue excavation

Institution

ΙΒ' Εφορεία Προϊστορικών και Κλασικών Αρχαιοτήτων (ΙΒ' ΕΠΚΑ)

Localisation

Toponym
Ampelia

Linked Record

20142015

Report

Ionia road, between Ampelia and Episkopiko. Nikos Choinas, Vasiliki Gianniki, Ypatia Faklari and Anastasia Giovanopoulou (IB’ ΕΠΚΑ) report on discoveries made during the construction of the new road. Unpainted and painted ceramics were found, along with bronze coins, iron objects (mainly nails), fragments of second and third century AD vessels, and tiles. Wheelmade pottery dates to the late Hellenistic and Roman periods. There is also pottery from the Early Iron Age through to Early Byzantine times.

Author

Michael Loy

Bibliographic reference(s)

ADelt 69 (2014), Chr., 1648