Νεότερα στοιχεία από το ανατολικό νεκροταφείο της Αμφίπολης
Part of : Το Αρχαιολογικό Έργο στη Μακεδονία και στη Θράκη ; Vol.15, No.1, 2001, pages 111-126
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111-126
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Fresh data from the east cemetery of Amphipolis
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Excavation continued for the third year running in the E cemetery of Amphipolis in connection with the project to widen the Amphipolis-Messolakkia section of the Amphipolis-Serres national highway, with funding from the Serres Directorate of Public Works’ Control and the Central Macedonia Regional Government.The E cemetery lies to the N, E, and SE of the ancient city. Between 1999 and 2001 an area of about one kilometre on either side of the existing road was explored and a total of 800 graves were uncovered. The graves are more densely packed in the area between the two large Macedonian tombs A and B on the E side of the road. However, during the 2001 excavation period, we found that the graves thinned out as we moved S, and various other structures were discovered, unconnected with the cemetery, but built on the site of the cemetery. The structures constitute a complex of buildings A and B, a pottery kiln, and parts of various structures found S of the city’s aqueduct, the excavation of which continued this year, leading to important findings relating to its re-use as a defensive wall in the Roman period.The complex of buildings A and B was found some 700 m S of the aqueduct. Although fragments of storage jars and a storage pit were found in buildings A and B, which are both built to a rectangular plan and seem to be connected with the Via Egnatia, nonetheless their precise function remains unknown.About 200 m S of buildings A and B and W of the road, a rectangular pottery kiln with a dromos was uncovered. Only the lower part of the kiln survives, covered by the destruction fill (bricks and fragments of scorched clay pipes, probably from the air-ducts, and potsherds, including sherds of a Megarian skyphos). The fact that the kiln is quite large and no traces of ore were found suggests that it was used for firing vessels and roof-tiles.Thirty metres to the S of the kiln, we located remnants of a wall of rubble masonry and parts of an apsidal structure, which probably belonged to ancillary workshops, where the pottery was prepared.In 2001, investigation of the E cemetery of Amphipolis continued from Macedonian tomb B southwards over a distance of some 500 m on either side of the road. A total of 117 graves were brought to light, representing all known types.One cluster of four cist-graves (in sector A) is extremely interesting. The important grave goods which accompanied the dead and the wall-paintings in two of them indicate that they contained the remains of members of an important local family.
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νεκροταφεία , Σέρρες
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