Current Excavation
Excavations in the Nezi Field
Excavations are currently active in the Nezi Field (named for the family who owed the land) which is located adjacent to the archaeological site, south of the South Stoa. Here, Henry Robinson revealed a complex of medieval houses in the early 1960’s. During the first season in 2007, work concentrated on phasing the architectural remains using the old excavation notebooks and by careful excavation in critical places. A new area opened to the south of Mr. Robinson’s excavation was intended to reveal more buildings of his Byzantine phase.
Excavations in the Panayia Field
From 1995 to 2007 excavations were conducted in the Panayia Field, southeast of the Forum. While the Panayia Field has offered finds from all periods, Neolithic to early modern, the most exciting and extensive cultural horizons include a post-Greek War of Independence neighborhood, a 17th-18th century A.D. cemetery associated with the demolished Panayia church, a 6th century A.D. bath, a richly decorated Roman domus situated just outside the Roman Forum, a series of Hellenistic cellars/cisterns, and a Geometric cemetery. In 2007 excavations concluded in the Panayia Field, when colluvium, laid down in the Late Neolithic period, was encountered over the entire extent opened to date. Unfortunately Ottoman period and Early Modern cemeteries, known to cover the north part of the field, makes further work in the field impracticable without new storage facilities for human bone material. Conservation work to stabilize baulks, walls and mosaics began in spring 2007.
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| 2007-8 Regular member Heidi Broome-Raines supervising the excavation of an area previously dug by H. S. Robinson |
Excavation Reports for 2007, 2005 (pdf), 2004 (pdf), 2002 (pdf), 2001 (pdf), 2000, 1999, and 1998
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