Νέα Καλλικράτεια Χαλκιδικής : η πρόσφατη σωστική ανασκαφική έρευνα (1999-2005) στην Ερετριακή αποικία των Δικαιοπολιτών στον Θερμαίο Κόλπο
Part of : Το Αρχαιολογικό Έργο στη Μακεδονία και στη Θράκη ; 2009, pages 239-247
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Nea Kallikrateia, Chalcidice : recent rescue excavations (1999-2005) in the Eretrian colony of the Dikaiopolites on the Thermaic Gulf
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The recent rescue excavation (1999-2005) in the refugee settlement of Nea Kallikrateia, Chal- kidiki, on the eastern coast of the Thermaic Gulf, revealed extensive residential and funerary assemblages; the former date primarily to the 4th century B.C., while the latter extend from the Early Iron Age to late antiquity. The Geometric-Archaic town lies in the eastern hills of the modern settlement, and comprised an extension in the form of a low trapeza on the prehistoric mound (toumba) on the coast; the walled Classical city, built on an embankment, occupied the slopes of the western hill of Nea Kallikrateia and had a harbor, public buildings and sanctuaries, roads and private houses. From the standpoint of ancient topography, the new evidence -primarily, that of numismatics (silver and bronze issues)- provided the basis for a working hypothesis for this site on the coast of Crusis having been that of the third Eretrian colony, that of the Dikaiopolites. This appears to have been founded in the 5th century B.C., during the period when its neighboring city Olynthos assumed the urban form by which we know it.Parts of the fortification surrounding wall have been investigated in the eastern and western regions of the ancient city, pertaining to the unworked stone foundation of the sea wall, where traces of harbor installations may be discerned, as well as entire brick sections of the wall and a tower. The city’s agora seems to have been near the ancient harbor, where a building with a stoa has been explored, while the discovery of a large and carefully-finished building on the higher embankment leads to its identification with a place of worship.The geographic distribution of extensive cemeteries includes the eastern cemetery with graves belonging to the Early Iron Age and archaic period, the coastal and southern cemeteries with burials from the Archaic and Classical periods, and the western cemetery with finds dating from the Geometric to Late Roman periods. Throughout the area between the Classical city and archaic town, burials from the Classical period have been explored. Typologically, these include cist graves, porous and clay sarcophagi, pot burials, tile-covered graves, and pit burials. Local pottery predominates in the earlier burials, while the presence of Athenian pottery is predominant from the late Archaic period onward.
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Χαλκιδική
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