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| POSI Number | TP215 |
|---|---|
| GU number | |
| Intensive Survey Zone | Atsas |
| Village | Evrykhou |
| Locality | Khalospitia |
| Easting | 493099.00 |
| Northing | 3882636.00 |
| Elevation (m) | 261.00 |
| References | [Link to Bibliography] |
| Source | GPS |
| Team Leader | JSN |
| Summary | Archaic sanctuary |
| Topography | Knoll |
| Vegetation | Stubble, zizyphus spino-christi |
| Access | Ford east of Lemonas |
| Description Environment | Slight rise above a bend in the Atsas river, on rolling agricultural land. Views all round. Soil is residuum from bedrock, rather than alluvial. At the well on the N side, the topsoil is 20-30 cm deep, then bedrock. Relatively poor agricultural land (better up hill to NW). |
| Pottery | Abundant |
| Tile | Abundant |
| Chipped Stone | None |
| Ground Stone | Abundant |
| Slag | Some |
| Architecture | Abundant |
| Visibility (%) | 20 |
| Description POSI | Substantial rectangular structure, with 4 walls expressed as linear rubble piles. Centre ploughed out. Lots of figurines, terracotta sculpture, Iron Age pottery, and some Roman pottery and tile. More figurines at the N end (and perhaps E). Some ground stone. The enclosure is too big to be a roofed structure, and is clearly a temenos. Most stone is imported: eroded coral heads originally from Koroni, picked up from Koutraphas river. Microgabbro, limestone, diabase. Some stones show red colouring from red soils on hill to NW (ancient pediment of Potami age). Rubble lines and walls continue for 100 m to NW, N & NE, though no tile in them and no other clear structures. PU01. Sanctuary temenos. PU02. Field boundary 50 m from temenos at 493062/3882681. Foot; tile rim; some terracotta sculpture. PU03. Possible rock-cut pit with sherds of Hellenistic cooking pot 2 m outside it. 493041/3882649. 2 fragments of Roman rimmed tile c. 5 m W of it.(Revisit by KWJ, NJU, SMJ, MJG on 30/6/04) |
| Condition | Line of walls clear. Interior may survive under ploughing. |
| Settlement | No |
| Church | No |
| Building | No |
| Bridge | No |
| Check Dam | No |
| Threshing Floor | No |
| Tomb | No |
| Kiln | No |
| Other Structure | No |
| Rock | No |
| Mine/Adit | No |
| Botany | No |
| Extraction | No |
| Road | No |
| Pottery | Yes |
| Lithics | No |
| View | No |
| Geomorphology | No |
| Prehistoric | No |
| Iron Age | Yes |
| Hellenistic/Roman | No |
| Medieval/Ottoman | No |
| Modern | No |
| Slag | No |
| Shrine | Yes |
| Entered By | MJG |
| Entered Date | 3/8/2003 00:00:00 |
| Recorded By | MJG |
| Recorded Date | 3/8/2003 00:00:00 |