Σωστική ανασκαφική έρευνα στον προϊστορικό οικισμό του Αγίου Πνεύματος νομού Σερρών
Part of : Το Αρχαιολογικό Έργο στη Μακεδονία και στη Θράκη ; Vol.22, No.1, 2008, pages 505-512
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Salvage excavation of the prehistoric settlement at Agio Pnevma, Serres district
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The prehistoric settlement of Agio Pnevma was established on a low natural knoll along the foothills of Mount Menoikion, south of the modern village of Agio Pnevma and 16 km east of the town of Serres. Previous survey work on the site identified traces of habitation from the Classical through the Ottoman period. Part of the hill is still blocked by modern buildings. The rescue excavation conducted on the northeastern part of the site by the 28th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities in 2006-2008 uncovered a retaining wall, 22 m in length, east of which run an about 2.5 m wide ditch which yielded Late Neolithic II pottery, specifically “black-on-red” painted, Maritsa- and Gradesnitsa-style incised, and graphite-painted wares. The excavation also explored west of the wall two narrow foundation trenches and east of the ditch two large dwelling pits dug into the virgin soil. The pits are dated to the Late Neolithic I by the preponderance, among the decorated ceramics, of Akropotamos-style and “polychrome” (Dimitra-type) painted wares. Most of the Akropotamos-style pottery from Agio Pevma belongs to a local variant, the motifs of which were executed using wine-red paint on a light- colored background. Of special interest is also a local variety of polychrome ware, named by the excavators «Agio Pnevma polychrome pottery», on which the red band with black/brown contours of the typical polychrome (Dimitra-type) ware, is replaced by a set of thin red lines. The few potsherds with bitumen decoration, found in one of the pits, represent now the southernmost extension of this pottery in the Struma Valley.
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προϊστορία, Σέρρες, συνέδρια
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