Οι νεότερες έρευνες στο δυτικό τείχος του αρχαίου οικισμού, νοτιοανατολικά του Αλώρου Αλμωπίας
Part of : Το Αρχαιολογικό Έργο στη Μακεδονία και στη Θράκη ; Vol.15, No.1, 2001, pages 537-548
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The latest investigations at the west wall of the ancient settlement SE of Aloros in Almopia
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In the framework of the “Promoting the Antiquities of Almopia” programme, the excavation and survey of the W wall of the ancient settlement SE of Aloros in Almopia continued for brief periods in 1999, 2000, and 2001. The point of the excavations was to draw up a project for the conservation and mise en valeur of the W wall, which has a strikingly monumental aspect and could furnish data relating to the art of fortification in the Almopia area. (For earlier investigations in the settlement, see A. Chrysostomou, ΑΕΜΘ 11, 1997, 145-54.)A 155 m stretch of the W wall survives, following the configuration of a fortified slope (Fig. 1). It is 2.1 m wide at the S end, narrowing to 1.4 m further N. It is built of rubblestones and lime mortar, together with fragments of roof-tiles and storage jars from demolished structures. Parts of these structures uncovered on the slope to the W of the “lime-built” wall (Photos 2, 3, 4) seem to have served retaining and defensive purposes.In the N section, the excavations carried out in 1999-2001 uncovered the entrance to the settlement, in the form of a double recess shaped like an elongated pi (Figs. 2a, 2β; Phot. 4). It is 7 m long and 7.8 m wide. The walls of the entrance are also built with lime mortar (Fig. 2β-Α), though they are built within, or, like the wall, upon older fortifications of rubblestones with clay as the binding medium, which would have continued with shoulders of mudbricks higher up (Fig. 2β-Β). Lastly, on the facade of the entrance there are sections built with blocks of limestone, travertine, or volcanic rock (Fig. 2β-Γ).Although there are no significant excavational data, the lime-built wall must be dated to the Late Roman period, because of the barbarian incursions. But it is essential that the excavations continue, in order to ascertain whether the older phase of the entrance, and the rest of the retaining structures along the slope also date to before the Hellenistic period, when the walls of the Macedonian cities were generally built.
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