Νεότερες ενδείξεις για την προϊστορική εγκατάσταση στη Θράκη
Part of : Το Αρχαιολογικό Έργο στη Μακεδονία και στη Θράκη ; Vol.5, No.1, 1991, pages 425-437
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425-437
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New evidence on the prehistoric habitation in Thrace
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This short paper attempts to review the present state of the prehistoric research in Aegean Thrace through recent investigations. From the mid ’80s the Museum of Komotini has been involved in an intense research programm which focuses on the problems of prehistoric habitation in the area. Two new neolithic sites were investigated: Proskinites and Makri. The first, a large 5th millennium settlement (over 80.000 m2), was trialy dug for two seasons (1986 and 1988) and has produced very rich deposits of a late neolithic chalcolithic date. The material remains belong to the so-called Paradimi and KaranovoIII-Vesselinovo cultural horizon with very characteristic ceramic types; unfortunately no Cl4 dates are yet available. The architectural remains are poor and consist mainly of large storage and rubbish pits. The pottery is mainly monochrome, black and brown, while the painted wares (black-on-red, graphite) are extremely rare. Impressive is the number of large stone implements related to farming (grinders, mortars, pestles)and the examples of worked bone. The prehistoric mound of Makri where excavations continued for the fourth consequitive year (1988-1991) has produced an excellent record of neolithic occupation which covers the same roughly chronological period (5th mill). The rich late Neolithic chalcolithic material has been reported in previous occassions (Kallindzi-Efstratiou1988, Efstratiou 1989, Efstratiou 1990). The most interesting new find is the recovery of three neolithic burials under a habitation floor south of the so-called «storage or complex area». It is the only neolithic burial found so far in northeastern Greece. The third source of information regarding the prehistoric occupation in Thracecomes from a geomorphological survey which started by the Museum of Komotini in the spring of 1991. The project which will cover the whole Rhodope plain intends in its first phase to study the dynamics of the landscape and reconstruct the palaeomorphology of the area. The archaeological survey of the Rhodope plain which will follow in a later stage will try to give answers to open issues regarding habitation patterns of the area namely the missing earlier phases of the prehistoric period (palaeolithic, earlyneolithic). The project has already produced some impressing results: open air palaeolithic sites were located in the southeast of the Rhodope plain while some Mousterian type tools were for the first time collected from the area
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προϊστορία, Θράκη, συνέδρια
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Περιέχει χάρτη, σχέδια και εικόνες
