ARCHAEOLOGICAL MEETING OF THESSALY AND CENTRAL GREECE, 2006-2008
FROM PREHISTORY TO THE CONTEMPORARY PERIOD

Paper abstract

BURKE Brendan., ΑΡΑΒΑΝΤΙΝΟΣ Βασίλης, ΦΑΠΠΑΣ Ι., LUPACK S., and BURNS B.
Assistant Professor, Department of Greek and Roman Studies, University of Victoria, Canada. Susan Lupack Lecturer Greek and Latin Department University College London Gower Street London WC1E 6BT UK susanlupack@mac.com Bryan E. Burns Assistant Professor Classical Studies Wellesley College 106 Central Street Wellesley, MA 02481 USA bburns@wellesley.edu
The Eastern Boeotia Archaeological Project, 2007-2008

The Eastern Boeotia Archaeological Project has conducted two seasons of intensive surface survey as a synergasia of the Canadian Institute in Greece and the 9th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities. Fieldwork concentrates on evidence for the land use, settlement patterns and burial practices in the plain between Thebes and the Euboean gulf, an area relatively neglected in recent archaeological work but of great importance for understanding the network of communities within the Theban territory. The 2007 season concentrated on a multi-period site, north-west of the modern village of Arma, identified as ancient Eleon. An elevated zone is marked by heavy sherd concentrations dating to the Middle and Late Bronze Age, and the Classical and Medieval periods. Architectural remains include an impressive polygonal wall with lesbian-style masonry, over 70 meters in length along an unusual, curved path, and a medieval tower on the west side of the acropolis. In 2008 survey teams worked in the territory of the modern village of Tanagra, in an effort to provide context for several known centers: the Mycenaean tombs at the locations of Dendron and Gephyra to the east of the village, the kastro located on the peak south-west, and the medieval tower to the north-west. We were able to accurately locate several of the chamber tombs excavated in the 1960s and 1970s, which contained the famous painted larnakes, and also indications of settlement remains. Concentrations of ceramic material from historical periods include a scatter of miniature votives and Roman fine wares.

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