MERKATI Thorikou - 2004
General Information
Record ID
2225
Activity Date
2004
Chronology
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Type of Operation
Institution
Localisation
Toponym
Thorikos, Thorikon, Thoricus
Thorikos, Thorikon, Thoricus
Linked Record
2004
Report
Merkati Thorikou (property of I. Kontou). †M. Oikonomakou (Β’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on excavation on the west side of the Thorikos valley, at the northwest edge of the Stephani hills, in a small valley below the Megalo Ribari hill. A large number of antiquities (mine galleries and ore processing areas, settlements, farm houses and tombs) have been found in the region.
Excavation revealed a large house (32 x 26m explored), in the centre of which is a large courtyard with rooms on three sides. Along the length of the east side was a 11.3 x 16.15m space with two entrances with pilasters and marble thresholds; there is a similar area along the south side. At the north two large rooms (6.3 x 4.9 and 4.6 x 4.9m) also open onto the courtyard, one of which also had a marble threshold (Fig. 1). East of the building, a wine-pressing floor was identified for later investigation (Fig. 2).
Author
Robert PITT
Bibliographic reference(s)
AD 56-59 (2001-2004) Chr., 366.
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Date of creation
2011-06-28 00:00:00
Last modification
2023-10-09 11:50:05
Picture(s)
Fig. 1/ Merkati Thorikou: pressing floor.
Fig. 2/ Merkati: threshold of north room.