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| POSI Number | TP221 |
|---|---|
| GU number | GU2147 |
| SIA Number | TS20 |
| Intensive Survey Zone | Atsas |
| Village | Petra |
| Locality | Phoukasa |
| Easting | 491480.00 |
| Northing | 3882990.00 |
| Elevation (m) | 233.00 |
| References | [Link to Bibliography] |
| Source | GPS |
| Sheet Map 1:5000 | 28-XIII |
| Team Leader | ATB |
| Summary | Probably Roman farmstead (circular hole, pottery and tile) |
| Topography | On a ridge top between two gully/river systems on the highest point |
| Vegetation | Wild grasses, asphodel, zizyphus |
| Access | Dead road past the Skouriotissa water mills |
| Description Environment | E of Skouriotissa mine. Out cropping of bedrock with sediment sloping down to the river and the slopes are cultivated with grain. The ridge top seems to have been terraced a long time ago. |
| Pottery | Abundant |
| Tile | Abundant |
| Chipped Stone | Abundant |
| Ground Stone | None |
| Slag | Some |
| Architecture | Some |
| Visibility (%) | 70 |
| Description POSI | A circular vertical shaft with stone built walls with lagre pieces of bedrock inside it and around it. Two circular depressions completley filled in with chunks of bedrock. Large chunks of red jasper all over the place. Pottery and pan tile scatter on the top and bottom of the ridge. There is cement paving on the ground. There are also a few larger river boulders.Collected as SU2187; GU2147Pottery from SU2187: 2 LHER, 1 ER, 8 LR, 28 ROM, 61 HA, 3 HIS. |
| Condition | stable |
| Settlement | Yes |
| 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 | No |
| Hellenistic/Roman | Yes |
| Medieval/Ottoman | No |
| Modern | No |
| Slag | No |
| Shrine | No |
| Entered By | AJG |
| Entered Date | 4/8/2003 00:00:00 |
| Recorded By | GAP |
| Recorded Date | 3/8/2003 00:00:00 |