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Excavations in the north of Pieria prefecture

• Μπέσιος, Ματθαίος
• Αδακτύλου, Φωτεινή
• Αθανασιάδου, Αθηνά
• Γεροφωκά, Ελένη
• Γκαγκαλή, Κατερίνα
• Τόλια-Χριστάκου, Μαρία

This paper discusses four rescue excavations conducted by the 16th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, beginning in 2002 and continuing in 2003.1. Korinos. Plot No. 422 at ReveniaThe trial trenches that preceded the construction of a poultry unit located an Early Neolithic settlement just to the south of a stream. Surface data suggest that the settlement covered 4 ha, and an area of about 750 sq.m was investigated. A few postholes were discovered, which in one case at least indicate that the dwellings were rectangular. Most of the pits survive, many of them located in the basements of dwellings.2. Kitros. Plot No. 953 at Hassan VryssiAgain prior to the construction of a poultry unit, an excavation was carried out in a Early Bronze Age settlement. Foundation channels and postholes suggest rectangular structures that were destroyed by fire. There were a few large shallow pits and some more with a smaller diameter and a depth of 1-1.50 m, which were rich in finds. It is worth noting that there was firm evidence that bronze was processed in the locality.3. Aiginio. Plots Nos. 162 and 163 at KapsovatisPrior to the construction of an industrial unit a Late Bronze Age settlement was uncovered on the flat top of a hill about 1 km north-west of Aiginio. Here too only underground structures survived: the basement of a dwelling and, especially, the pits of cellars, from which in most cases the storage jars had been removed. Two children’s pit-graves were also found, which yielded imported pottery vessels.4. Katerini. Patra-Athens-Thessaloniki-Evros motorwayConstruction work on the PATE (Patra-Athens-Thessaloniki-Evros) motorway at Katerini located dwellings of the Late Classical and Early Hellenistic period under alluvial deposits 1.50 m deep. The most important find, however, was a group of pottery kilns in quite a good state of preservation. West of a large sunken courtyard two large rectangular kilns for firing large objects were investigated, and south of this a small round kiln for firing small objects. West and south of the large kilns a row of even smaller kilns without firebars were found. The fact that the dwellings and the kilns were abandoned in the first quarter of the 3rd century BC suggests that Brennus and his Gauls passed through this area on their way to central Greece.

• History and Archaeology

• Ανασκαφές (Αρχαιολογία)

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