A Classical House in Aegean Thrace and Its Hinterland: The Molyvoti, Thrace, Archaeological Project, 2019 and 2022 Preliminary Report

by Nathan T. Arrington, Domna Terzopoulou, Marina Tasaklaki, Georgios Makris, Nicholas Hudson, Chantel White, Demetrios Brellas, Elena Cuijpers, Mattia D’Acri, Ioannis Bellas, Mark L. Lawall, and Annareta Touloumtzidou

Hesperia, Volume 95, Issue 2
Page(s): 219-269
Stable URL: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/992382
Year: 2026
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ABSTRACT:

The second campaign of the Molyvoti, Thrace, Archaeological Project (MTAP) focused in 2019 and 2022 on the House of Hermes, a 4th-century BCE structure, and its hinterland. A discussion of the architecture, a representative sample of artifacts, and a preliminary presentation of plant and animal remains illustrate the organization of the house, the activities that occurred within it, and its place in regional networks. From the post-Classical periods, Roman ceramics illuminate trends in the circulation of wares in the Aegean. Pedestrian surface survey noted an absence of Roman material away from the coast, while detecting Late Byzantine and Ottoman predecessors to modern villages.