August 15, 2016
Room 17 During the fifth and final week of excavation, the dig at room 17 of Zominthos’s Central Building was finished (fig.1). A pillar was discovered at the centre of the room, while some slabs found at the south, north and eastern part of the room, indicate the existence of a paved floor. The two […]
August 8, 2016
Room 17 The excavation of room 17, which is located north and west at Zomintho’s Central Building, was begun during the fourth week of the excavation season 2016. The room 17 is located south of the rooms 57, 59 and 60, east of the rooms 49 and 19 and north of the rooms 27, 58 […]
July 29, 2016
Room 33 The excavation of Room 33 is completed revealing a clearly disturbed paved floor (fig.1). Stone structure used as desk, was discovered alongside the north and west wall under red soil. South to the north desk is found a big stone plaque that could have been used as an altar, but its use is […]
July 20, 2016
Room 24 The excavation of the oblong Room 24 completed. The whole surface of the paved floor was uncovered (fig.1). Several building phases can be distinguished. Wall ΙΙΙ, at the western part of the Room, was demolished because it was a later addition to the architecture of the area. A bench covered with white plaster […]
July 15, 2016
Room 24 The western part of Room 24 was excavated, between Wall I (to the West) and Wall ΙΙ (to the East). A layer of broken schist slabs and coarse stones was found and removed. The revealed floor is paved with trapezoid and irregularly-shaped slabs of large size. Part of a bench covered with plaster […]
August 10, 2015
Room 25 At Room 25 two more layers were removed. The soil was burnt, soft and wet. Slabs seem to continue deeper. Their position is in horizontal or oblique rows (fig.1). An amount of coarse pottery sherds and animal bones was collected. A stone object of unknown use was also found. Room 29 At Room […]
August 3, 2015
Room 25 One more layer was removed from Room 25. The soil was burnt. Fragmented slabs continue to come to light, especially at the northern part of the Room. (fig.1). Coarse and fine ware pottery sherds of small and medium size, a small fragment of rock crystal and a few pieces of carbon were collected. […]
July 31, 2015
Rooms 25 & 29/24 At Room 25 three more layers were removed In the lowest layer the color of the soil turned from dark brown to burnt. At Room 29/24 two more layers were removed. A dense layer of small unprocessed stones was cleared from the eastern part of Room 25 (fig.1). On the whole […]
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