ALIMOS - 2000

Pani hill. A number of studies around the highest hill in the Alimos area brought to light a section of the prehistoric circuit wall 60m from the summit. Within the enclosed area, wall foundations produced obsidian chips and blades, stone tools and Final Neolithic sherds (Fig. 1). Towards the centre of the unbuilt part of the hill, southwest of Granikou Street, was an ancient conglomerate quarry. On the southwestern part of the hill, just below the belvedere, an extensive (400m²) Classical limestone quarry (Figs. 2-3) preserved traces of abandoned blocks which had cracked during the removal process and many tool marks. Rock-cuttings appear to have been used as shelters by shepherds during the Middle Byzantine period.