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A05 Metaxada Kalopsana (2)

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Periods Represented

EMod, Mod

Max Dimension

60 m. (N-S) x 75 m .(E-W)

Actual Area in Hectares

0.39 ha.

On-site Density (Sherds per Hectare)

3.70

Ratio of On-site Density to Off-site Density

6316

Collection Strategy

Selection (S) => Micro-tract (M) => Vac. circle (VC)

Location and Description

Site A5 is located on the floor of the Metaxada valley, some 1.2 km. SSW of the modern village.[091.32] The asphalt road from Stylianos to Metaxada borders the site on the W; at its N is a small stream, choked with reeds.

Artifacts were concentrated in two adjacent groves of mature olives, separated by a stone terrace wall ca. 1.5 m. high; finds were most plentiful near this wall.

Visibility in one of the two fields was much worse in 1995 than it had been in 1994; the other field had been plowed since the site was collected in 1994 but we found few artifacts in it.

Intervisible sites

Metaxada Kalopsana (1) (A2)

Artifact Summary

All the ceramic material observed at this site is Early Modern and Modern in date. The majority of collected material is modern tile. Only one fine ware vessel, an Early Modern plate rim, was catalogued (A92-190-1).

References

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