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I23 Lefki Kaldtamou (#1)

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Periods Represented

(EH II), (C), (HL-R?)

Max Dimension

Actual Area in Hectares

On-site Density (Sherds per Hectare)

No surrounding tracts

Ratio of On-site Density to Off-site Density

400 per ha.

Collection Strategy

Selection (S) => Grab by locus (L)

Location and Description

On the Kaldtamou ridge, SW of the village of Ambelofyto, five locations where prehistoric tumuli have previously been reported (UMME, collectively noted under #14; see also PHSP1: 239 [43]) were reinvestigated by PRAP.

Ca. 1.5 km. SW of the outskirts of Ambelofyto, the dirt road from Ambelofyto to Tragana has cut through a low knoll[095.35]. Several slabs, one very large, are now on top of the NE scarp of the road (some 1.5 m. H.). Bone was observed in the scarp, and a few artifacts were found in the vineyard NE of the wall. Tracts walked in the vicinity in 1992 produced one EH II sherd, while some fragments of tile of historic date were found on the SW side of the road in 1995.

Intervisible sites

Hora Palace of Nestor (B7); Tragana Voroulia(C3); Lefki Kaldtamou (#5) (I26); Hora; Metamorfosi; Bay of Navarino

Artifact Summary

The ceramic finds from these tombs (I23-I27) are extremely mixed chronologically, from Classical to Modern, with one or two earlier pieces. It is impossible to provide any secure dates for many of the tiles.

References

UMME, collectively noted under #14; see also PHSP1: 239 [43]

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