ARGOS - 2001
General Information
Record ID
1934
Activity Date
2001
Chronology
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Type of Operation
Institution
Localisation
Toponym
Argos
Argos
Linked Record
20002001
Report
Argos, Regional General Hospital. A. Papadimitriou (Δ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reviews the Middle Helladic burials found in rescue excavations between 1997 and 2001 on the hospital site east of the Aspis (site plans Figs 1-13). The relationship with contemporary evidence from the Aspis and Deiras is noted.
Middle Helladic graves (Areas Γ-Δ, Fig. 1) formed clusters on either side of a road, and were separated from the contemporary settlement located further to the west. The placement of the graves (in linear disposition), their orientation, and the extent of the cemetery argue against the existence of one or more tumuli in the hospital area. Extended areas on either side of the road were reserved for the adults, and children were buried intra muros. In Area B, one cist and one pit grave, neither containing goods, are dated stratigraphically to the Late Middle Helladic period: they either predate overlying Late Middle Helladic-LHI house structures or were made under the house floors.
Middle Helladic graves (Areas Γ-Δ, Fig. 1) formed clusters on either side of a road, and were separated from the contemporary settlement located further to the west. The placement of the graves (in linear disposition), their orientation, and the extent of the cemetery argue against the existence of one or more tumuli in the hospital area. Extended areas on either side of the road were reserved for the adults, and children were buried intra muros. In Area B, one cist and one pit grave, neither containing goods, are dated stratigraphically to the Late Middle Helladic period: they either predate overlying Late Middle Helladic-LHI house structures or were made under the house floors.
Author
Catherine MORGAN
Bibliographic reference(s)
A. Papadimitriou, ‘Οι ανασκαφές στο Νοσοκομείο του Άργους’, in A. Philippa-Touchais, G. Touchais, S. Voutsaki and J. Wright (eds), Mesohelladika (BCH supp. 52), Paris/Athens 2006, 45-56
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2011-03-18 00:00:00
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2023-10-06 14:31:03
Picture(s)
Fig. 1/ Excavation plan of the old hospital building site (Α) and the Pyrli property (Δ).
Fig. 2/ Excavation in the area of the medical gas store(Ε)and the area of the 1991 campaign (Β).
Fig. 3/ The 1997-2000 excavation area (Γ).
Fig. 4/ Excavation on the Argos Hospital Site: synthetic plan.
Fig. 5/ Pyxis with matt-painted decoration from site Γ (ht. 0.081m).
Fig. 6/ Restored prochous with matt-painted decoration from site Γ (max. ht. 0.105m).
Fig. 7/ Minyan cup from site Γ (ht. 0.136m).
Fig. 8/ Prochous with depiction of a bird of prey from site Γ (ht. 0.109m).
Fig. 9/ Matt-painted prochous with cut-away neck from site Γ (ht. 0.21m).
Fig. 10/ Imported grey Minyan amphoriskos from site Γ (ht 0.074m).
Fig. 11/ Imported prochous with cut-away neck from site Γ (ht. 0.155m).
Fig. 12/ Imported cup with schematic fish motif from site Δ (max. ht. 0.075m).
Fig. 13/ Round impressed-ware prochous from site Δ (ht. 0.93m).