DELOS Sanctuary of Apollo - 2008

Sanctuary of Apollo. R. Etienne (EfA/Paris 1) reports that, in addition to continued cataloguing of stray blocks, work in 2008 had 2 main objectives.
Architectural study encompassed work on the periboloi of the Apollo sanctuary and the evolution of sacred space, restoration of the smaller monuments in the sanctuary, a new reconstruction of the pillar-shaped base GD 14, research on votive monuments with one or more columns and restoration of the largest quadrangular tripod base known at Delos (the original position of which remains unknown). This can be categorized as a new conception of the sanctuary during the Hel period, with a substantial number of votive columns which could exceed 10m h.as well as the pillars which stood along the sacred way or on the large bases along the Stoa of the Naxians.
The second aim was an electromagnetic survey of the sanctuary. The resulting plans, which cover an area of ca. 8.5ha, will be compared and combined with the data from the coring and resistivity survey conducted in 2007 to trace the anc. shoreline. The result will be a 3-D reconstruction of the coastal zone.