Αρχαιολογικές ειδήσεις από την Εύβοια, 1981
Part of : Αρχαιολογικά ανάλεκτα εξ Αθηνών ; Vol.XIV, No.1, 1981, pages 29-36
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29-36
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Archaeological news from Euboea, 1981
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Αρχαιολογικά χρονικά
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Archaeological research along with the improvement and reorganisation of the Museums and Collections of the island, were the two goals the Ephoreia of Antiquities aimed towards last year. See plan 1.The archaeological Museum of Chal- kis required immediate attention especially after the earthquakes of 1981, as did the Museum of Eretria. The small Collections in Oreoi, Karystos and Ky- me ( Ano Potamia ) were reorganised and enriched.Excavations in Chalkis tended to concentrate on the topographical problems of the ancient city. Interesting were the1981late Hellenistic / Roman cemeteries excavated both north of the modern town and on the south promontory of Ba- tarias. The finds included pottery (fig. 1 ), terracottas and some metal objects. The Ephoreia, the Swiss Archaeological School and the Ephor Mr. P. Themelis excavated a number of sites in Eretria, inside the ancient walled city. A double hoard af euboean silver drachmas of the late fourth and early third cent. B.C. (fig. 2 ) was found inside a Hellenistic house the Ephoreia excavated near the West Wall. Part of a small but important cemetery of the years following the destruction of the city by the Persians in 490 B.C., near the temple of Apollo Daphnephoros, was also uncovered by the Ephoreia. A fine collection of vases (fig. 3), terracottas and some gold ornaments were recovered from the eight excavated tombs.At Lefkandi, on the low hill of Toumba, the Ephoreia excavated several tombs of the Protogeometric period (fig. 4 ) . The excavation of the important protogeometric building found on the top of the hill and destroyed partially by the owner of the land in 1980, was undertaken in collaboration with the British School at Athens. The large building ( 50 m. long and 10 m. wideapprox. ) seems to have been a herôon, as it was covered by a tumulus and two compartments were found deep inside the centre, the one containing the relics of 3 - 4 horses, the other a double tomb : a rich woman’s burial and a bronze crater containing the ashes of a man. Also inside the crater were iron weapons and parts of a very important long, linen garment.It is hoped that the reorganisation of the Museums and Collections of the island as well as archaeological research will continue in 1982, in an effort to preserve and exhibit the very important antiquities of Euboea.
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