Αρχαιολογική τοποθεσία

Type: Settlement
Geographical area: Thessaly → Larisa → Kypseli / Kileler

Chronological Period: From EPG to LPG
Date: From 10th c. BC, 1st half to 10th c. BC, 2nd half.
Overall Phases of Use: From LN to LN, EH to LPG, Cl to Cl, Byz to Byz

Location: Inland & Plain
zami is an elongated mound with a flat top situated on the plain S-SE from the modern village of Kypseli. The mound is 300-400 m long, 150 m wide and 4-5 m high.

Surveyed/Excavated Area Size: 400 x 150 = 60000 m² (6 ha)
Estimated Settlement Size: unknown

Fortification: no

Settlement Organization:
Street System: no
Drainage: no
Water Resources: no
Public Spaces: no

Contributors: E. Karouzou

PG pottery was found at this site. No architectural remains dating to the PG period were found so far. Most probably a small settlement was located here. A Mycenaean pit grave was found 700 m NW of the mound, in the field of A. Bala at the modern village of Kypseli. The grave contained multiple burials furnished with 5 alabastra and a bead.

Records

  • 1992: Intensive/Urban Survey by K.I. Gallis (Greek Archaeological Service)

References: Primary

  • Grundmann, K., 1937. Magula Hadzimissiotiki, AM 62: 56–59
  • Tsountas, Chr., 1908. Αι Προϊστορικαί Ακροπόλεις Διμηνίου και Σέσκλου, Athens:
  • Wace, A.J.B. & Thompson, M.S., 1912. Prehistoric Thessaly, Cambridge: 8

References: Secondary

  • Gallis, K.I., 1992. Άτλας Προϊστορικών Οικισμών της Ανατολικής Θεσσαλικής Πεδιάδας, Λάρισα: 134–135
  • Gounaris, A.P., 2006. Οικιστική της Θεσσαλίας κατά την Πρωτογεωμετρική-Γεωμετρική Περίοδο: Ένας Απολογισμός, ΑΕTHSΕ 2: 163–194
  • Halstead, P., 1984. Strategies for Survival: An Ecological Approach to Social and Economic Change in the Early Farming Communities in Thessaly, N Greece, Cambridge:

Written Sources

  • None

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