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| POSI Number | TP216 |
|---|---|
| GU number | |
| Intensive Survey Zone | Atsas |
| Village | Petra |
| Locality | Lithosourka |
| Easting | 492296.00 |
| Northing | 3883039.00 |
| Elevation (m) | 236.00 |
| References | [Link to Bibliography] |
| Source | GPS |
| Team Leader | JSN |
| Summary | Extensive area of rubble piles, tile and pottery |
| Topography | Low broad hill in valley |
| Vegetation | Grasses, hawthorn, thistle |
| Access | Cross Atsas east of Lemonas |
| Description Environment | Bedrock knoll in valley (so not occupying valuable agricultural land)Cadastral plots 151 to 160 |
| Pottery | Abundant |
| Tile | Abundant |
| Chipped Stone | None |
| Ground Stone | None |
| Slag | None |
| Architecture | Abundant |
| Visibility (%) | 10 |
| Description POSI | Extensive area of rubble piles, c. 200 m in diameter. Very overgrown. Also a broad arched tunnel entrance (at GPS grid reference). Fair amount of rimmed tile and Roman pottery. Some areas cultivated within last century, but long abandoned. Difficult job to map: GPS an rock piles? Corner of ashlar block near 'tunnel entrance' (which is excavated into old lava tube). Revisit by KWJ, MJG, SMJ, NJU on 30/6/04. Pottery and other objects identified by walking northwest in three lines. Functions: TW, CW, LU, HU, Tr, Ar. State of preservation: the fragments were very small at the southern end and became noticeably larger as we moved north. TW. One ESA and one BS-ER, but mainly ARS, PhW (one: PhW03-LR), and even more CRS (one CRS09-LR). CW. Very thin-walled and often corrugated, indicating a date ER and onwards. One rim+handle fragment of Dhiorios pot collected. LU & HU. Mainly SS, but some F. Identifiable chronotypes: HUR01-ROM, MOR-LR, HUR22-LR. Tr. One LR1-LR handle and at least 2 AmSk01-ROM fragments. A few unidentifiable ones: one large toe and 1 rim collected. Ar. Both SS and F. Slag. 3 pieces.Base of stemmed drinking vessel collected. Certainly a LR settlement, but probably preceded by an earlier occupation at least from ER. Identified as settlement because of character of assemblage, in spite of absence of ground stone. No specialised production vessels identified. |
| Condition | Rubble piles. Very overgrown |
| Settlement | Yes |
| Church | No |
| Building | No |
| Bridge | No |
| Check Dam | No |
| Threshing Floor | No |
| Tomb | No |
| Kiln | No |
| Other Structure | No |
| Rock | Yes |
| Mine/Adit | No |
| Botany | No |
| Extraction | No |
| Road | No |
| Pottery | Yes |
| Lithics | No |
| View | No |
| Geomorphology | No |
| Prehistoric | No |
| Iron Age | No |
| Hellenistic/Roman | Yes |
| Medieval/Ottoman | No |
| Modern | No |
| Slag | No |
| Shrine | No |
| Entered By | MJG |
| Entered Date | 3/8/2003 00:00:00 |
| Recorded By | MJG |
| Recorded Date | 3/8/2003 00:00:00 |