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The cemeteries at Arhondiko near Yannitsa

• Χρυσοστόμου, Παύλος
• Χρυσοστόμου, Αναστασία

In 2000, owing to a spate of grave robberies (which involved the helmets in PI. 1), excavation of the ancient settlement of Arhondiko switched to the W cemetery (Fig. 2), which trial trenches indicated covers a wide area of approximately 6 ha. In the fields owned by Mr S. Dintsoudis and the Filtsos brothers (Fig. 3), we explored mainly pit-graves, dating from the Iron Age to the Early Hellenistic period. The graves and the finds from trench A in the Dintsoudis field (Fig. 4) are presented in PI. 2-10. The bronze coins used as “Charon’s oboi” in the graves of the Late Classical to the Early Hellenistic period are helpful in resolving the problems of dating. More specifically, these graves yielded: a coin of Amyntas III in the woman’s grave A 18 (PI. 4, 5), a coin of Kassander and a clay kantharos in grave A 15 (PI. 6), and a similar coin in grave Λ 1 (PI. 7) together with the spear in PI. 8. The billhook in PI. 9 was found with a hoard of 4 coins, 2 of Kassander and 2 of Demetrios I Poliorketes.The Filtsos field also yielded graves of all periods. The finds from the 3 graves, A 17, A 11, and A 26, in trench B (Figs. 3, 5) of the Late Classical to Early Hellenistic period (PI. 13, 14, 15) are obviously comparable with those from the other field. More important, of course, are the data relating to the hitherto almost unknown Archaic period in the area of the cemeteries, which were gleaned from the objects found in the holes dug by the grave-robbers (PI. 11, 12, 16) and from investigation of pit-graves. The men's graves contained numerous iron artefacts (PI. 17); while the jewellery found in the women's graves consisted of bracelets with lozenge-shaped terminals, pins with diskoid heads, and amber beads. The vessels accompanying the burials were made of metal and clay (PI. 16, 17), both locally manufactured and imported, and included Corinthian and Ionic aryballoi, Corinthian kotylai, Ionic kylikes, Corinthian and local exaleiptra, two-handled kantharoid kotylai, and cut-away prochoi with painted red bands, revealing a picture similar to that of the known Archaic cemeteries in Macedonia.

• History and Archaeology

• Ανασκαφές (Αρχαιολογία)

νεκροταφεία, Γιαννιτσά

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