Αρχαιολογικές έρευνες στη βορειοανατολική Χαλκιδική : Παλαιόκαστρο, Ιερισσός (Άκανθος), Στρατώνι (Στρατονίκη)
Part of : Το Αρχαιολογικό Έργο στη Μακεδονία και στη Θράκη ; Vol.22, No.1, 2008, pages 399-410
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399-410
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Archaeological research in north east Chalcidice
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The archaeological research conducted by the 16th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities was concentrated on three sites of the NE Chalcidice: Paleokastro, the Acanthus necropolis and ancient Stra- tonike.At Paleokastro, a necropolis extends along the southern plateau of a Bronze Age citadel. The attempt at looting the tombs was the cause for the excavation of a cist grave. Although the tomb was robbed, the looters had left inside two cinerary vessels: an amphora with horizontal handles and a large two-handled bowl with a spout. The presence of these types of vessels in graves is unusual. They are products of a local workshop, dating to the early phases of the Late Bronze Age, probably before 1400 B.C., when the first Mycenaean pottery is imported in central Macedonia.At Ierissos, the archaeological research continued this year in the southern area of the Acanthus necropolis with the excavation of 222 graves dating from the early 5th century B.C. to the Roman era. They consist of poros limestone and terracotta sarcophagi, pit- and cist-graves, tile-covered graves (kalyvites), infant burials in pots and in situ incinerations. In some cases horses are placed beside human burials and dogs are buried along with their masters.40% of burials of adults are accompanied by grave goods, mostly drinking cups produced in local workshops, but also Attic black-figure and red-figure vases, pottery from workshops of Ionia and Corinthian pottery. Of particular importance is a fragment of Attic skyphos with the engraved inscription “ΑΓΑΘΟΔΑΙΜΟΝΟΣ”, a word that, unless it refers to the name of the deceaseduser, could be an invocation to the deity-protector of the house and fields.The types of tombs and the mortuary practices at the Acanthus necropolis reveal that the trearment of the dead human body is conceived as a metaphor, as a transfer of concepts, feelings, structures, expressions and practices from the world of the alive and the oikos to the world of the dead. Such transitions are expressed by many examples in the Acanthian necropolis: the form of some graves is evocative of houses. In some cases couples are buried embraced and mothers with their children in arms, bearing the sentimental load of the oikos into the grave. Some bodies are covered with fragments of large broken vessels, like blankets to sleep, as a metaphor of the coziness and warmth of the house. Newborns are buried in pots in a fetal position, as if returning in the womb that gave them such a short life.In the late 4th century B.C., after an intensive use for many years and by many generations, part of the terrain which served until then for burials was occupied by pottery workshops and repositories.At Stratoni, on the northern edge of the Acanthios Gulf, the excavation was continued in the commercial complex of ancient Stratonike, dating from the Hellenistic to the Late Roman era. In a room of the north wing of the forum an important number of glass fragments of vases were brought to light, together with a lot of bronze coins and tools for stirring and pounding. The findings provide strong evidence that the room was probably used for the manufacture and sale of medicines or cosmetics, from the mid 2nd to the late 3rd century A.D.
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Χαλκιδική, συνέδρια
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