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Ι΄ ΔΙΕΘΝΗΣ ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΟΝΙΚΗ ΣΥΝΑΝΤΗΣΗ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΤΙΚΉ ΚΕΡΑΜΙΚΗ - 10th INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING ON HELLENISTIC POTTERY, 2023
Παλιότερες ανασκαφικές έρευνες σε τμήμα του νότιου νεκροταφείου της Πύδνας, και συγκεκριμένα στα ... more Παλιότερες ανασκαφικές έρευνες σε τμήμα του νότιου νεκροταφείου της Πύδνας, και συγκεκριμένα στα αγροτεμάχια αριθμός 587, 591, 592 και 594, έφεραν στο φως μεταξύ άλλων ταφές που χρονολογούνται στους ελληνιστικούς και ρωμαϊκούς χρόνους. Οι ολιγάριθμοι τάφοι που αποκαλύφθηκαν ανήκουν σε διάφορους τύπους, με επικρατέστερο τον τύπο του λακκοειδούς, και αντικατοπτρίζουν μια εποχή λιτότητας, που αποτυπώνεται τόσο στις ταφικές κατασκευές και πρακτικές, όσο και στον αριθμό ή την πολυτέλεια των ευρημάτων. Στο αγροτεμάχιο αριθμός 587 ερευνήθηκαν είκοσι τάφοι που καλύπτουν ένα χρονικό διάστημα από το β΄ τέταρτο του 3ου αι π.Χ. έως και τα μέσα του 2ου αι π.Χ. Η παρούσα ανακοίνωση εστιάζει κυρίως στα κεραμικά σύνολα του 3ου αι π.Χ., μια εποχή για την οποία ελάχιστα γνωρίζουμε από τη μέχρι τώρα έρευνα των νεκροταφείων της Πύδνας.
Past excavations in the area of the southern cemetery of Pydna, specifically in the plots nos. 587, 591, 592 and 594, revealed -among other findings- burials dating back to Hellenistic and Roman times. The excavated graves, limited in number, belong to different types, predominantly of the type of pit-grave, and reflect a time of austerity, both in burial structures and practices, as well as in the number or luxury of the offerings. Twenty tombs covering a period from the second quarter of the 3rd century until the middle of the 2nd century B.C. were excavated in plot. no. 587. This paper mainly focuses on the ceramic groups of the 3rd century B.C., a time for which we have very little evidence from the cemeteries of Pydna so far.
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Ι΄ ΔΙΕΘΝΗΣ ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΟΝΙΚΗ ΣΥΝΑΝΤΗΣΗ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΤΙΚΗ ΚΕΡΑΜΙΚΗ - 10th INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING ON HELLENISTIC POTTERY (PROGRAM), 2020
Past excavations in the area of the southern cemetery of Pydna, specifically in the plots nos. 58... more Past excavations in the area of the southern cemetery of Pydna, specifically in the plots nos. 587, 591, 592 and 594, revealed -among other findings- burials dating back to Hellenistic times. The excavated graves, limited in number, belong to different types, predominantly of the type of pit-grave, and reflect a time of austerity, both in burial structures and practices, as well as in the number or luxury of the offerings.
This paper will mainly present the ceramic groups of the 3rd century BC, a time for which we have very little evidence from the cemeteries of Pydna so far.
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Mission archéologique gréco-canadienne d'Argilos Υπό την διεύθυνση των / Sous la direction de Ζήσ... more Mission archéologique gréco-canadienne d'Argilos Υπό την διεύθυνση των / Sous la direction de Ζήση Μπόνια-Jacques Y. Perreault 25 χρόνια έρευνας Οργάνωση πόλης και χώρας στις αποικίες του βορείου Αιγαίου, 8ος-3ος αι. π.Χ. 25 années de recherches Organisation de la ville et de la campagne dans les colonies du Nord de l'Égée, VIII e-III e siècles av. n.è.
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Ancient Methone: Hesperia Report, 2020
Ancient Methone (Pieria) was a major port in northern Greece from the 1st millennium B.C. until P... more Ancient Methone (Pieria) was a major port in northern Greece from the 1st millennium B.C. until Philip II of Macedon destroyed the city in 354 B.C. Excavations carried out since 2003 by the Greek Archaeological Service have unearthed Bronze Age burials, important Early Iron Age deposits and inscriptions, and direct evidence of the Macedonian siege, destruction, and aftermath, thereby extending the history of the settlement from the Late Neolithic period past the 4th century B.C. In 2012 an international team joined the Ephorate of Antiquities of Pieria to study and publish these discoveries, and as the Ancient Methone Archaeological Project, launched a fresh phase of multi disciplinary fieldwork from 2014 to 2017, the preliminary results of which are presented here.
https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/publications/hesperia/article/89/4/659-723
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E. Manakidou - A. Avramidou (eds), Η κεραμική της κλασικής εποχής στο Βόρειο Αιγαίο και την περιφέρειά του (480-323/300 π.Χ.) / Classical Pottery of the Northern Aegean and its Periphery (480-323/300 BC) , 2019
Recent excavations at the western necropolis of Pydna have brought to light sections or, occasion... more Recent excavations at the western necropolis of Pydna have brought to light sections or, occasionally, extended remains of habitation that predate the ne cropolis. This paper presents the preliminary results of the study of pottery found in pits and ditches, unearthed at plots number 277 and 287 and at the sites of “ΑΕΡΟΓΕΦΥΡΑ-Ο.Σ.Ε.”, “ΑΕΡΟΓΕΦΥΡΑ-Ε.Ο.” and “ΑΕΡΟΓΕΦΥΡΑ-Ο.Τ.Ε.”.
The household remains belong to farmhouses that developed on the side of the ancient road, which led from the southwest of Pydna to the interior of Northern Pieria, and date before the end of the 5th c. BC. Thus, the archaeological remains in question can be associated with the population transfer from Pydna to a site further inland, a move that followed the siege of the city by Archelaos and its fall in 410 BC, and can function as a chronological terminus.
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ΑΕΜΘ 28, 2014, 2019
Rescue excavations along the waterfront of the modern village of Makrigialos have brought to ligh... more Rescue excavations along the waterfront of the modern village of Makrigialos have brought to light a burial cluster which most probably belonged to a powerful family of hetairoi at Pydna. A two-chamber Macedonian tomb and a cist grave have been investigated so far, already looted and destroyed in antiquity for building material. To the west of this cluster, the foundations of a funerary pedestal were revealed alongside the ancient road that led from Pydna to Methoni. It is unique in size measuring in length 35 m and in width 4 m, and on both of its ends there are projections 1.70 m in width.
Preliminary study of the monument suggests its reconstruction which must have comprised a pedestal with a sculptured frieze on the top, at least 4 m in height. On the elongated part of the pedestal, there was probably a crepidoma and above it an Ionic stoa with three sculptural scenes in imported marble of natural size, with the sculpted figures on the foreground and relief figures on the background. In the center there was probably a multi-figured farewell scene of warriors, flanked by a royal hunt scene and a battle scene, whereas on the two projections of the pedestal the statues of cuirassed horseman, colossal in size.
The Pydna monument is dated to 330-320 BC and can be attributed to one of the largest sculptural workshop of the time, most possibly that of Lysippos but also that of Leochares. Perhaps the two workshops did not collaborate only for the votive offering of Krateros at Delphi, as is well known, but also for this unique and unprecedented in Macedonia monument at Pydna.
Further study of this monument will undoubtedly enhance the new trends in architecture and sculpture during the early Hellenistic period and especially the activities of the large workshops. Above all, it will advance our knowledge of and provide a rich context for the propaganda management of the heroic achievements of the ruling class during the campaign in the East. It is in this context that the outburst of monumental funerary constructions in Macedonia may be comprehended, which most probably should be attributed to burials of royal hetairoi who returned from the East towards the end of the 4th century BC, and definitely before Cassander prevailed
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ΑΕΜΘ 28, 2014, 2019
Rescue excavations in the modern villages of Nea Agathoupolis, Methoni and Makrigialos of the Pyd... more Rescue excavations in the modern villages of Nea Agathoupolis, Methoni and Makrigialos of the Pydna-Kolindros Municipality, because of the construction for installing a new sewage and drainage system, bear testimony to the archaeological wealth of northern Pieria diachronically.
Although the original planning for the installation of the new sewage and drainage system bypassed known archaeological sites of the area, nevertheless, the antiquities brought to light are dated from the Neolithic period to Late Antiquity, and include: settlements, workshops with their facilities, cemeteries, and parts of the ancient road network. It must be emphasized that, despite the careful original planning, the rescue excavations have enriched the archaeological map of the area, as several new, thus far unknown to the Archaeological Service, sites have been located.
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ΑΕΜΘ 28, 2014, 2019
The 27th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, renamed as Ephorate of Antiquities of... more The 27th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, renamed as Ephorate of Antiquities of Pieria, during the years 2012-2015 organized and conducted a number of educational programmes addressed to students of primary and secondary education. The aim was to present to the educational community archaeological information and practices regarding the archaeological and cultural environment of Pieria, through an experiential approach based on a theoretical and scientific background. The programs conducted in the Archaeological site of Dion, the Archaeological Department of Makrigialos and the Park of Leivithra included presentations, interviews, tours, experiential workshops and learning activities, as well as relevant dramatization.
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ΑΕΜΘ 27, 2013 (2018), 2018
The plot 277 is on a hill, 500 m. SW of the walls of ancient Pydna. The excavation revealed two a... more The plot 277 is on a hill, 500 m. SW of the walls of ancient Pydna. The excavation revealed two ancient roads leading to the interior of Northern Pieria. The southern Road A was in use since the Late Bronze Age, as the evidence from the adjacent plots suggests. Moreover, the pits of the local sandstone quarry were dug at a later date north and south of the road, without destroying it. The northern Road B, however, was constructed at a later date, as it passes through parts of the
quarry’s pits. On both sides of this Road, remains of at least three houses, dated to the second half of the 5th c. BC, came to light, a chronological terminus for both the local quarry and Road B.
The remains of habitation were scanty, due to the erosion of the top of the hill. Very few traces of buildings and mainly underground storage structures remain: round pits or “basements” and the lower part of pits for storage pithoi, as well as a few pits of viticulture in the SW of the plot. This settlement was abandoned, after Archelaos’ siege of Pydna in 410 BC, when he forced the inhabitants of the seashore settlement to move inland.
The inhabitants of Pydna returned to the seashore in the reign of Amyntas III and from the second quarter of the 4th c. BC the site became a cemetery. 23 graves were excavated in plot 277, of which only one is dated in the 4th c. BC, whereas the remaining 22 are dated in the 2nd c. BC. The majority of the graves are pits dug in the ground with the deceased on a wooden kline. Two secondary cremations, one in a stone bathtub and the other in a wooden larnax, as well as one directly in a pit were also excavated.
These graves are simple, and very few stand out: the male secondary cremation in a stone bathtub, whose clothes were decorated with golden leaf-shaped foils; and the two female burials (graves 10 and 15) with a variety of grave-goods, including golden jewelries.
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H. Frielinghaus, J. Stroszeck, P. Valavanis (Hrsg.), Griechische Nekropolen. Neue Forschungen und Funde, 2019
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Past excavations in the area of the southern cemetery of Pydna, specifically in the plots nos. 587, 591, 592 and 594, revealed -among other findings- burials dating back to Hellenistic and Roman times. The excavated graves, limited in number, belong to different types, predominantly of the type of pit-grave, and reflect a time of austerity, both in burial structures and practices, as well as in the number or luxury of the offerings. Twenty tombs covering a period from the second quarter of the 3rd century until the middle of the 2nd century B.C. were excavated in plot. no. 587. This paper mainly focuses on the ceramic groups of the 3rd century B.C., a time for which we have very little evidence from the cemeteries of Pydna so far.
This paper will mainly present the ceramic groups of the 3rd century BC, a time for which we have very little evidence from the cemeteries of Pydna so far.
https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/publications/hesperia/article/89/4/659-723
The household remains belong to farmhouses that developed on the side of the ancient road, which led from the southwest of Pydna to the interior of Northern Pieria, and date before the end of the 5th c. BC. Thus, the archaeological remains in question can be associated with the population transfer from Pydna to a site further inland, a move that followed the siege of the city by Archelaos and its fall in 410 BC, and can function as a chronological terminus.
Preliminary study of the monument suggests its reconstruction which must have comprised a pedestal with a sculptured frieze on the top, at least 4 m in height. On the elongated part of the pedestal, there was probably a crepidoma and above it an Ionic stoa with three sculptural scenes in imported marble of natural size, with the sculpted figures on the foreground and relief figures on the background. In the center there was probably a multi-figured farewell scene of warriors, flanked by a royal hunt scene and a battle scene, whereas on the two projections of the pedestal the statues of cuirassed horseman, colossal in size.
The Pydna monument is dated to 330-320 BC and can be attributed to one of the largest sculptural workshop of the time, most possibly that of Lysippos but also that of Leochares. Perhaps the two workshops did not collaborate only for the votive offering of Krateros at Delphi, as is well known, but also for this unique and unprecedented in Macedonia monument at Pydna.
Further study of this monument will undoubtedly enhance the new trends in architecture and sculpture during the early Hellenistic period and especially the activities of the large workshops. Above all, it will advance our knowledge of and provide a rich context for the propaganda management of the heroic achievements of the ruling class during the campaign in the East. It is in this context that the outburst of monumental funerary constructions in Macedonia may be comprehended, which most probably should be attributed to burials of royal hetairoi who returned from the East towards the end of the 4th century BC, and definitely before Cassander prevailed
Although the original planning for the installation of the new sewage and drainage system bypassed known archaeological sites of the area, nevertheless, the antiquities brought to light are dated from the Neolithic period to Late Antiquity, and include: settlements, workshops with their facilities, cemeteries, and parts of the ancient road network. It must be emphasized that, despite the careful original planning, the rescue excavations have enriched the archaeological map of the area, as several new, thus far unknown to the Archaeological Service, sites have been located.
quarry’s pits. On both sides of this Road, remains of at least three houses, dated to the second half of the 5th c. BC, came to light, a chronological terminus for both the local quarry and Road B.
The remains of habitation were scanty, due to the erosion of the top of the hill. Very few traces of buildings and mainly underground storage structures remain: round pits or “basements” and the lower part of pits for storage pithoi, as well as a few pits of viticulture in the SW of the plot. This settlement was abandoned, after Archelaos’ siege of Pydna in 410 BC, when he forced the inhabitants of the seashore settlement to move inland.
The inhabitants of Pydna returned to the seashore in the reign of Amyntas III and from the second quarter of the 4th c. BC the site became a cemetery. 23 graves were excavated in plot 277, of which only one is dated in the 4th c. BC, whereas the remaining 22 are dated in the 2nd c. BC. The majority of the graves are pits dug in the ground with the deceased on a wooden kline. Two secondary cremations, one in a stone bathtub and the other in a wooden larnax, as well as one directly in a pit were also excavated.
These graves are simple, and very few stand out: the male secondary cremation in a stone bathtub, whose clothes were decorated with golden leaf-shaped foils; and the two female burials (graves 10 and 15) with a variety of grave-goods, including golden jewelries.
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Past excavations in the area of the southern cemetery of Pydna, specifically in the plots nos. 587, 591, 592 and 594, revealed -among other findings- burials dating back to Hellenistic and Roman times. The excavated graves, limited in number, belong to different types, predominantly of the type of pit-grave, and reflect a time of austerity, both in burial structures and practices, as well as in the number or luxury of the offerings. Twenty tombs covering a period from the second quarter of the 3rd century until the middle of the 2nd century B.C. were excavated in plot. no. 587. This paper mainly focuses on the ceramic groups of the 3rd century B.C., a time for which we have very little evidence from the cemeteries of Pydna so far.
This paper will mainly present the ceramic groups of the 3rd century BC, a time for which we have very little evidence from the cemeteries of Pydna so far.
https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/publications/hesperia/article/89/4/659-723
The household remains belong to farmhouses that developed on the side of the ancient road, which led from the southwest of Pydna to the interior of Northern Pieria, and date before the end of the 5th c. BC. Thus, the archaeological remains in question can be associated with the population transfer from Pydna to a site further inland, a move that followed the siege of the city by Archelaos and its fall in 410 BC, and can function as a chronological terminus.
Preliminary study of the monument suggests its reconstruction which must have comprised a pedestal with a sculptured frieze on the top, at least 4 m in height. On the elongated part of the pedestal, there was probably a crepidoma and above it an Ionic stoa with three sculptural scenes in imported marble of natural size, with the sculpted figures on the foreground and relief figures on the background. In the center there was probably a multi-figured farewell scene of warriors, flanked by a royal hunt scene and a battle scene, whereas on the two projections of the pedestal the statues of cuirassed horseman, colossal in size.
The Pydna monument is dated to 330-320 BC and can be attributed to one of the largest sculptural workshop of the time, most possibly that of Lysippos but also that of Leochares. Perhaps the two workshops did not collaborate only for the votive offering of Krateros at Delphi, as is well known, but also for this unique and unprecedented in Macedonia monument at Pydna.
Further study of this monument will undoubtedly enhance the new trends in architecture and sculpture during the early Hellenistic period and especially the activities of the large workshops. Above all, it will advance our knowledge of and provide a rich context for the propaganda management of the heroic achievements of the ruling class during the campaign in the East. It is in this context that the outburst of monumental funerary constructions in Macedonia may be comprehended, which most probably should be attributed to burials of royal hetairoi who returned from the East towards the end of the 4th century BC, and definitely before Cassander prevailed
Although the original planning for the installation of the new sewage and drainage system bypassed known archaeological sites of the area, nevertheless, the antiquities brought to light are dated from the Neolithic period to Late Antiquity, and include: settlements, workshops with their facilities, cemeteries, and parts of the ancient road network. It must be emphasized that, despite the careful original planning, the rescue excavations have enriched the archaeological map of the area, as several new, thus far unknown to the Archaeological Service, sites have been located.
quarry’s pits. On both sides of this Road, remains of at least three houses, dated to the second half of the 5th c. BC, came to light, a chronological terminus for both the local quarry and Road B.
The remains of habitation were scanty, due to the erosion of the top of the hill. Very few traces of buildings and mainly underground storage structures remain: round pits or “basements” and the lower part of pits for storage pithoi, as well as a few pits of viticulture in the SW of the plot. This settlement was abandoned, after Archelaos’ siege of Pydna in 410 BC, when he forced the inhabitants of the seashore settlement to move inland.
The inhabitants of Pydna returned to the seashore in the reign of Amyntas III and from the second quarter of the 4th c. BC the site became a cemetery. 23 graves were excavated in plot 277, of which only one is dated in the 4th c. BC, whereas the remaining 22 are dated in the 2nd c. BC. The majority of the graves are pits dug in the ground with the deceased on a wooden kline. Two secondary cremations, one in a stone bathtub and the other in a wooden larnax, as well as one directly in a pit were also excavated.
These graves are simple, and very few stand out: the male secondary cremation in a stone bathtub, whose clothes were decorated with golden leaf-shaped foils; and the two female burials (graves 10 and 15) with a variety of grave-goods, including golden jewelries.