MOUSGA - 2010

Mousga, Kyparissia. The ΛΗ’ ΕΠΚΑ reports the discovery of a large Late Roman villa (fig. 1), with three construction phases in the first century BC, the third century AD, and the late fourth-early fifth century AD when the baths were extended. The extensive complex, which was not fully excavated, comprises the villa and a residential complex which forms part of the fabric of the city (which probably extended out around the agora).

Finds include large quantities of sherds, especially domestic wares for transporting, storing and consuming water, bronze coins, fragments of decorated lamp, loomweights and animal bones.

Rescue excavation on the western slopes of the kastro revealed the foundations of a Late Hellenistic-Early Roman house (first century BC-first century AD) occupied into Late Roman time (third-fourth century AD).

Rescue excavation on the shore at Kyparissia revealed an extensive residential complex, perhaps part of a coastal suburb, occupied from the Late Hellenistic (second century BC) until the Late Roman period (fourth century AD) (fig. 2). Finds such as anchors and netting needles confirm that fishing was the principle activity of the local economy. Large quantities of pottery, coins and other small items were found.