Σωστικές ανασκαφές στον νομό Κοζάνης κατά το 2003
Part of : Το Αρχαιολογικό Έργο στη Μακεδονία και στη Θράκη ; Vol.17, No.1, 2003, pages 553-569
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Rescue excavations at Kozani prefecture in 2003
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The rescue excavations conducted in Kozani prefecture in 2003 were neither extensive nor long- lasting, but they were extremely interesting from an archaeological and historical point of view.Servia. After Mycenaean vessels and other finds of the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age were handed in to the Aeane Archaeological Museum, it was decided to conduct a brief excavation of four graves of the 8th-7th centuries BC, one of which was undisturbed and yielded grave goods in the form of bronze jewellery and a clay kantharos.Rymnio. The area of Rymnio, on the right bank of the Aliakmon, about 5 km from Aeane, level with the Polyfitou dam, is chiefly known for its Late Bronze Age and Iron Age excavational finds, and rather less for the antiquities of later periods that have also been found there. An Archaic burial excavated at Bahrames yielded 7 clay vessels, a bronze phiale, and an iron two-shank fibula.Metamorfossi. The excavation began of a cemetery of the Archaic period at Metamorfossi alongside the road to Vatero. Fifteen burial pits were uncovered, already looted in the ancient period, and some interesting Attic pottery was collected with representations of comasts, sirens, horses, and lions, dating to the second quarter of the 6th century BC.Analipsi. The investigations along the Kozani-Ftelia road were completed with the excavation at Moni Analipseos or Kaslas of a cluster of pit-graves of the Hellenistic period.Karyohori, Eordaia. The archaeological map, together with a Plan for Protection and Development, has been drawn up for the municipality of Ayia Paraskevi, which comprises the villages of Karyohori, Agios Hristoforos, Spilia, and Ermakia. In connection with this, 17 archaeological sites have been located and the local community has been informed about their importance and the need to guard and protect them. However, extensive illicit excavations were carried out in the cemetery at Anatoli, near Karyohori, prompting us to collect the scattered antiquities and to excavate two undisturbed graves of the 3rd century BC. The cemetery was in use over a long period of time, from the Iron Age to the Hellenistic period, like the necropolis of Aeane and Kozani and the cemetery of Metamorfossi mentioned above.Eordaia province. We received two groups of finds, probably from Eordaia, which had been illicitly excavated, and this makes it vital to carry out rescue excavations in order to inform the local people and urge them to protect the sites from treasure-hunters.To the first group belong 78 objects, dating to the Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods and consisting of clay vessels and figurines. The second group represents the same historical periods and consists of 8 clay vessels, 27 metal objects (vessels, weapons, jewellery), and 85 bronze coins dating to between the Hellenistic and the Byzantine period. Of particular note is an Attic black-figure pelike with similar representations on both sides. On the one side a bearded man wearing a chiton and a himation leans on a staff and holds a hen or a cockerel in both hands, while a boy proffers his right hand towards them and uses the palm of his left to immobilise his hoop. On the other side, the same male figure watches the boy with the hoop moving away to the right and turning his head to look back. The objects were handed over to a priest in Ptolema'ida by a penitent treasure seeker and we presume that they come from sites in Eordaia. We believe the evidence to be absolutely reliable and hope the priest will be able to persuade the finder to disclose the sites both to him and to the Archaeological Service.
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Κοζάνη, συνέδρια
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