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Excavations and surface surveys in the Serres district during the construction of the vertical axis of the Egnatia Odos

• Τόλια-Χριστάκου, Μαρία

Between autumn 2006 and November 2008, small-scale excavations were conducted along the «Derveni-Serres- Promahonas» vertical axis of the Egnatia Odos, in particular the sections of «Strymoniko-Lefkonas-Christos (60.2.2)» and between Kato Ambela and Neo Petritsi Interchange (60.3.3). These areas of the «Derveni-Serres-Promahonas» vertical axis and the quarries used for the construction of the highway underwent intensive surveys.A salvage excavation undertaken 3 km south of Sidirokastro produced occupation remains from the Late Roman period. Work in a modern quarry uncovered a Late Hellenistic-Early Roman rural building made of wattle and daub. Surface surveys east of the Struma River identified ten unknown sites from prehistoric through the Roman era. Other seven sites were discovered on the foothills west of the Struma. The most important of these sites is Strymonikon V-VI, with a sequence dating from the Late Bronze Age through the Hellenistic period. A very important settlement dating from the Subgeometric through the post-Byzantine times was found in the area of the modern village of Triada. The surface finds from this site include imported bird bowls of the late 7th c. B.C., attic pottery of the 6th-4th c. B.C., as well as pottery from Thasos and the Macedonian coast, confirming the use of the Struma River for trade.

• History and Archaeology

• Ανασκαφές (Αρχαιολογία)

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