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Periods Represented
(EH II), (A-C)
Max Dimension
50 m. (N-S) x 30 m. (E-W)
Actual Area in Hectares
0.05
On-site Density (Sherds per Hectare)
1.73
Ratio of On-site Density to Off-site Density
28
Collection Strategy
Selection (S) => Grab by locus (L)
Diagnostic grab from bulldozer cut in tract 401; not a vacuum of all visible fragments.
Location and Description

Site L5 is located ca. 100 m. N of Site L2, near a track cut by a bulldozer, leading down a steep hillside. Artifacts were found in the scarps of this track and in the tip left by the bulldozer at two locations.

At Locus 1, there were numerous fragments of a pithos, broken and scattered E of the road in the scarps[093.04] and bed of a bulldozer cut, in a nearby tip, and in an olive grove.[093.06]

Ca. 50 m. further downslope at Locus 2, a fragment of a pithos with large angular inclusions of crushed red mudstone was observed in 1995 at the base of the road scarp.

The fabrics of the pithos sherds at Locus 1 and Locus 2 are identical. Two handles appear, however, to be considerably earlier in date.

McDonald and Hope Simpson reported lamps of HL date at a "spot called Farma Rachi", perhaps Site L5 (see also Site L2).

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Artifact Summary

Several joining pithos fragments were collected from this site, and two coarse ware handles. The pithoi are Archaic-Classical in date. The handles, however, are in the Early Helladic II fabric we have called Nozaina ware (see Site I20).

References
UMME # 116; AD (1969) 143.
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