EPANOMI (Byadoudi) - 2006

Epanomi (Byadoudi). Th. Pazaras (Aristotelian University, Thessaloniki) reports on the completion of the excavation of an ECh basilica previously reported (AR 47 [2000−2001], 88; AR 50 [2003−2004], 50). The existence of a 2nd narthex was confirmed, connected with other constructions to the W used for food preparation. Three building phases are identified. The earliest (5th Ct AD) saw the construction of the main basilica with the double narthex and the S extension buildings. During the 2nd phase, storage and food preparation areas were added along the W side of the exterior narthex. Finally, after the abandonment of the basilica (i.e., post-6th Ct and perhaps much more recently) a crude rectangular structure was erected further W.