Kaminia-Alissos, railway line Patras-Pyrgos - 2007

General Information

Record ID

8413

Activity Date

2007

Chronology

Antiquity - Hellenistic - Roman

Key-words

Agricultural facility - Numismatics - Metal - Bone

Type of Operation

Excavation - Rescue excavation

Institution

ΣΤ' Εφορεία Προϊστορικών και Κλασικών Αρχαιοτήτων (ΣΤ' ΕΠΚΑ)

Localisation

Toponym
Kaminia

Linked Record

2007

Report

Kaminia-Alissos, railway line Patras-Pyrgos. Georgia Alexopoulou (ΣΤ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the discovery of building remains belonging to a Roman farmstead, including the walls of approximately 16 rooms dated to the Hellenistic to Late Roman periods, the majority during the Imperial years (Fig. 1). The walls were badly preserved, with floors of beaten earth and pebbles and in most cases the rooms were filled with destruction debris. The presence of in situ pithoi points to use of some of the rooms for storage (Fig. 2). Finds included black-glazed pottery, terra sigillata, amphorae, skyphoi, bowls and lekanides, along with loom-weights, coins, iron and bronze nails and animal bones.

Author

Michael Loy

Bibliographic reference(s)

Kaminia-Alissos, railway line Patras-Pyrgos. Georgia Alexopoulou (ΣΤ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the discovery of building remains belonging to a Roman farmstead, including the walls of approximately 16 rooms dated to the Hellenistic to Late Roman periods, the majority during the Imperial years (Fig. 1). The walls were badly preserved, with floors of beaten earth and pebbles and in most cases the rooms were filled with destruction debris. The presence of in situ pithoi points to use of some of the rooms for storage (Fig. 2). Finds included black-glazed pottery, terra sigillata, amphorae, skyphoi, bowls and lekanides, along with loom-weights, coins, iron and bronze nails and animal bones.
ADelt 63 (2008) Chr., 490-492