PATSOS - 2000
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Record ID
1846
Activity Date
2000
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Patsos
Patsos
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Patsos. V. Niniou-Kindeli (ΚΕ' ΕΠΚΑ) reports on continued restoration and excavation at the Sanctuary of Hermes Kranaios conducted in 2000. The goals were the complete exposure of the ancient temple, the improvement of its surroundings and the protection of the Christian shrine of Ag. Antonios. The recovery of large and undisturbed (if often mingled) levels of pre-Christian ceremonial deposits produced a large quantity and quality of finds. The earliest material is Middle Minoan. To the north lay a concentration of Hellenistic and Roman material, as already known from earlier excavation. The natural slope is here sufficiently great to cause erosion from the top, where the Hellenistic pyres were placed. Vases, often of small size, were recovered, being mostly cups for liquids in Hellenistic times, then Roman lamps. In the rock-shelter (Figs 1-2), under debris from the present shrine, were thick layers of a sacrificial nature dating from earlier periods. Minoan deposits, of basically comparable character, were located in the present-day central area.
Author
Don EVELY
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ADelt 55 (2000), Chr, 1035-37
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2011-02-17 00:00:00
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2023-10-06 11:36:48
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Fig. 1/ Patsos. Sanctuary of Hermes: view from the entrance of the rock-shelter.
Fig. 2/ Patsos. Sanctuary of Hermes: part of the rock-shelter and the shrine of Agios Antonios.