Η συνέχιση της ανασκαφικής έρευνας στη Θυρέα και στην Πλωτινόπολη Διδυμοτείχου
Part of : Το Αρχαιολογικό Έργο στη Μακεδονία και στη Θράκη ; Vol.23, No.1, 2009, pages 465-470
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Excavations atThyrea and Plotinoupolis, Didymoteicho
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Excavations of the burial mound at Thyrca and in Plotinoupolis, Didymoteicho, continued in 2009. In the Thyrea mound, the area below the floor level of the tomb was investigated, and twenty-seven (27) pits dating to the Late Neolithic (5th millennium B.C.) were revealed. A large amount of pottery was found, including mostly black and red burnish ed wares, carinated wares, large pithos-like vases and plates which exhibit marked similarities with corresponding examples from Paradimi and Asagi Pinar. In addition, stone tools (chiefly blades, axes and grinders), animal bones, a white marble pendant pierced at one end, and a stone “spoon” probably used for processing ochre, were discovered. At Plotinoupolis, the area north of sectors E and ΣΤ was investigated. During excavation, we identified three occupation phases for the city. Despite their temporal separation, all three were destroyed by fire. The final building phase was identified in the upper levels, and is connected with Justinian's (6th-7th c. A.D.) transfer of the city to a site west of the ancient city, where building remains from the Byzantine fortress are found today. A storage jar found in situ and three walls founded on earlier Roman ones and designating the eastern, northern, and southern sides of a room date to the Early Christian period (late 4th-5th c. A.D.). Two walls from the Roman phase of the city were identified (preserved height: 0.15-0.50 m; max. width: 0.60 m.). The southern wall has been revealed to a length of 7.50 m., and the eastern one to a length of 5.50 m. They were coated with polychrome plaster. In the rooms southern wall, two do o r openings have been found to date, one to the east and one to the west. In addition, a mosaic floor decorated with floral and geometric subjects was discovered. On the threshold of the eastern entrance it has shields (πέλτες) on either side of a rhombus, all of them bordered by a narrow rectangular band. On the room’s eastern side, white tesserae forming a single surface ( 1.60 x 5.30 m.) predominate, interrupted by a motif of spiral tendrils from whose ends ivy leaves sprout forth. Bands of white and black tesserae foreshadow the beginning of the central decoration. The decorative zones, which probably surrounded the central scene, feature geometric motifs rendered with an admirable variety of colors, which in combination with the alteration of shapes gives the impression of a rug.
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Διδυμότειχο
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