Agios Stephanos (old name: Peristera) - 2007
General Information
Record ID
8434
Activity Date
2007
Chronology
Antiquity - Classical - Hellenistic - Roman
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Type of Operation
Institution
Localisation
Linked Record
19902007
Report
Agios Stephanos (old name: Peristera). Vasileios Argyropoulos (ΣΤ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on a Classical cemetery, a Hellenistic to Roman farmstead, Late Classical graves and a Late Hellenistic to Roman cemetery.
The Classical cemetery included three pit graves dated to the early part of the period, along with four tile covered and one cist grave of the Late Classical. These five Late Classical graves contained few finds, in contrast to the three earlier pit graves which were richly furnished, including a number of lekythoi (black and red-figured) dated to the 5th c. BC (Figs. 1, 2)
The Hellenistic to Roman farmstead included a partly preserved wall and fragments of coarse pottery. A layer of conglomerate stones and coarse pottery sherds was associated with another Roman rural complex.
Two more Late Classical graves were found to the south of the Peristera primary school. They included a pit burial (Fig. 3) and another in a pithos, within or on top of a pile of rubble of 1.50 m. in height. The pit burial was located within a cavity in the pile, with the body in a crouched position and its feet in contact with the pithos. The later contained only a few bones, a jug and a dipper.
The Late Hellenistic to Roman cemetery consisted of a cluster of five very poorly preserved tile covered graves which were devoid of finds.
The Classical cemetery included three pit graves dated to the early part of the period, along with four tile covered and one cist grave of the Late Classical. These five Late Classical graves contained few finds, in contrast to the three earlier pit graves which were richly furnished, including a number of lekythoi (black and red-figured) dated to the 5th c. BC (Figs. 1, 2)
The Hellenistic to Roman farmstead included a partly preserved wall and fragments of coarse pottery. A layer of conglomerate stones and coarse pottery sherds was associated with another Roman rural complex.
Two more Late Classical graves were found to the south of the Peristera primary school. They included a pit burial (Fig. 3) and another in a pithos, within or on top of a pile of rubble of 1.50 m. in height. The pit burial was located within a cavity in the pile, with the body in a crouched position and its feet in contact with the pithos. The later contained only a few bones, a jug and a dipper.
The Late Hellenistic to Roman cemetery consisted of a cluster of five very poorly preserved tile covered graves which were devoid of finds.
Author
Michael Loy
Bibliographic reference(s)
ADelt 63 (2008) Chr., 512-513
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2020-06-04 13:02:02
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2024-01-18 09:29:52
Picture(s)
Fig. 1/ Red figured Lykithos from grave 5
Fig. 2/ ‘Phoenician’ glass amphoriskos from grave 7
Fig. 3/ Inurned burial from the Late Classical period