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| POSI Number | TP061 |
|---|---|
| GU number | GU0362 GU0363 |
| Intensive Survey Zone | Asinou |
| Village | Nikitari |
| Locality | Pera Yitonia |
| Easting | 496800.00 |
| Northing | 3877925.00 |
| Aerial Photograph | 63-35-036 |
| Team Leader | ESG |
| Summary | Abandoned village to the north of Asinou River |
| Topography | Situated on natural/anthropogenic terraces. |
| Vegetation | Wild oats, almond tree, hawthorns. |
| Access | Dirt track road. |
| Description Environment | Two gullies on either side. River is to the south. Gullies colluvial and alluvial. |
| Pottery | Abundant |
| Tile | Abundant |
| Chipped Stone | Unclear |
| Ground Stone | None |
| Slag | None |
| Architecture | Abundant |
| Description POSI | Situated on TT496800E. Grid reference refers to centre of settlement (taken from new aerial, 11/8/04). One threshing floor 12m (l) x 6m (w) running east-west, possibly another as well. Circular track of paving around earthern centre. Located to the north of village. "HOUSE 1" is a one room structure 9m (l) x 4m (w). Walls are 1/2m thick. One hearth. Doorway opens south. All aligned SW-NE. Interesting terrace south-east of House 1 with division down centre."HOUSE 2 Complex" (Luke's SE0033) consists of five rooms not joined by doors. Entrance from the south of rooms. Situated against embankment. Some modern additions to House 2 Complex: an iron corrugated/aluminium roof. Two fireplaces, both on north west wall. Room one 9.5m x 3.8m, room two 3.8m (l), room three 3.8m (l), room four 6m (l), room five 10.5m (l). All are 4.3m (w). Room one is half mudbrick, half stone. Between rooms two and three a mudbrick wall has been built to fill in doorway connecting rooms. Roof held down by large pottery and rocks. Big pine tree behind complex has several big branches sawed off...building seems to have large timbers for roof. Bamboo reeds used as well. "HOUSE 3" is a one room structure, same dimensions as house one. Positioned south-east in the settlement. Houses consist of large stones, some mudbrick mortar, some pottery in walls. Luke also records SE0034, a long 2-roomed house 110 m NE of House 2. |
| Condition | Ruined, some reuse of houses. |
| Settlement | Yes |
| Church | No |
| Building | Yes |
| Bridge | No |
| Check Dam | No |
| Threshing Floor | Yes |
| Tomb | No |
| Kiln | No |
| Other Structure | No |
| Rock | No |
| Mine/Adit | No |
| Botany | No |
| Extraction | No |
| Road | No |
| Pottery | No |
| Lithics | No |
| View | No |
| Geomorphology | No |
| Prehistoric | No |
| Iron Age | No |
| Hellenistic/Roman | No |
| Medieval/Ottoman | Yes |
| Modern | Yes |
| Slag | No |
| Shrine | No |
| Entered By | JLH |
| Entered Date | 26/7/2001 00:00:00 |
| Recorded By | JLH |
| Recorded Date | 26/7/2001 00:00:00 |