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Archaeological
Site of Palaikastro |
HISTORY
Building 6 was a fine mansion of the Second Palace period, fronting
onto Main Street (fig. 1). Built over the remains of a First Palace
period building, it survived a series of earthquakes and flooding
in the MM III period. At the time of the LM IA Theran eruption the
building already lay in ruins, and ash from the eruption was found
lying in the hollows of the remains. Following this the owners must
have lost heart, and no rebuilding ever took place. The area was
left open and in LM IB two wells were dug where people and animals
came for their water supply.
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Fig. 1 Town
plan with Building 6 highlighted |
Fig. 3 Aerial
View |
FINDS
A small storage closet with c. 200 vases, many stacked on a plastered
wooden shelf, was destroyed by the massive earthquake at the end
of MM IIIĀ (figs. 8). The two later wells had whole pots dropped
in by accident during the period of use (c. 150 vases) (fig. 11),
and later rubbish fills including horns of consecration
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Fig. 8 Pantry
with pot deposit |
Fig. 11 Water
jugs from wells |
Fig. 13 Dog
skeleton from Well 576 |
Copyright
2000 - 2010. © by www.palaikastro.com
Permission Granted by directors: Mr H.Sackett, Professor A.MacGillivray,
Professor J. Driessen
and the British School At Athens Archivist.
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