Important finds were made during this year’s excavations inward the sanctuary of Apollo at the site of Mandra on the uninhabited isle of Despotiko, westward of Antiparos.
 |
| Credit: Greek Ministry of Culture too Sports |
The excavations were conducted from May 28 to July 6, 2018 too were headed this twelvemonth likewise past times archeologist Yannis Kouragios of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Cyclades.
 |
| Credit: Greek Ministry of Culture too Sports |
“This year’s earthworks focused on the areas circular the shrine too buildings Z too P. Its results were peculiarly enlightening regarding the topography too scheme of the archaic sanctuary”, stated the Greek Ministry of Culture too Sports which, with other things announced the following:
“Research continued inward the so-called Eastern Complex, inward the surface area S of the archaic shrine, where the sanctuary’s auxiliary buildings are located. By 2017, twelve spaces of a total surface area of 180 sq. thousand had come upward to light. This year, to a greater extent than or less other large infinite criterion 12x3m was partially unearthed with a flooring made of large pieces of slate.It is belike a courtyard. The earthworks yielded enough of pottery from archaic too classical times from diverse types of vessels (basins/lekanes, phialai, skyphoi, crude oil lamps too amphorae)”.
 |
| Credit: Greek Ministry of Culture too Sports |
There were pregnant results from exploring the dissimilar structure phases of the complex. Under its to a greater extent than western rooms an before rectangular, 2 room edifice came to light, its visible dimensions beingness 8×3.20 thousand which based on the finds dates dorsum to the get-go one-half of the sixth c. BC. Found inward its interior—in their master copy places—were a four-sided grill too a cooking vessel. In addition, before floors were uncovered inward many places too the thresholds of the master copy entrances were located which had been sealed up. It became clear that buildings had functioned inward this component of the sanctuary equally well, before the archaic temple was erected inward the mid-6th c. BC.
There was likewise an unexpected evolution of the query inward the surface area due north of the Northern Stoa too of Building E, since at a distance of simply 2m from them a novel edifice was unearthed; Building T (measuring 7.80×7.45m). It consists of 2 rooms with split upward entrances too 2 opened upward air spaces inward front end (north) of each room. During the building’s earthworks many metallic objects came to low-cal equally good equally painted pottery dating from the get-go one-half /mid-6th c. BC.
 |
| Credit: Greek Ministry of Culture too Sports |
The excavation’s movable finds were likewise varied. “Mentioned indicatively are to a greater extent than than xv black-glazed crude oil lamps too xv fragments of vessels with incised inscriptions (ΑΠ, ΑΠΟΛ), fragments of “Melian” amphorae too black-glazed kylikes, fragments of red-figure kraters, vessels for everyday exercise such equally filters/sieves, basins, common salt bowls, jugs, bottles etc. too many metallic objects (a bronze spear, nails, bolts, fish hooks et al)”, mentions the announcement, spell referring to the restoration works that lasted 4 weeks, it is noted that “they were only successful, since later putting the temple’s 3rd column inward house too the architrave on exceed of that, the monument has 1 time again acquired its 3rd dimension too the visitor tin empathize its scale too grandeur fifty-fifty from the contrary shore of Antiparos”.
“At the same fourth dimension equally the restoration works, conservation piece of occupation was beingness carried out on the masonry inward buildings grand too N” ends the statement past times the Ministry of Culture.
 |
| Credit: Greek Ministry of Culture too Sports |
The excavations at the site of Mandra on Despotiko that began virtually twenty years agone accept brought to low-cal an extensive complex dedicated to the worship of Apollo, its heyday beingness inward the Late Archaic period, with prove of activities related to worship at the same site since the Geometric period.
Source: Greek Ministry of Culture too Sports / Transl. Archaeology Arts too Archaeology [August 08, 2018]
Sumber http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com
Buat lebih berguna, kongsi:
