During 2022, archaeological exploration continued in the area of the Archaic sanctuary of Hephaestia, in the northern sector of the Palaeopolis peninsula. The investigations, in continuity with those of last year, were conducted in the natural valley, adjoining the sanctuary to the W. The oldest identified levels of frequentation are thick layers containing Proto-geometric and Geometric pottery, which attest to the extent of the settlement inhabited by the local population in the Early Iron Age, from the 11th to the early 7th cent. B.C., before the life of the sanctuary (mid-7th to late 6th cent. B.C.). The most conspicuous phase is from the Classical-Hellenistic period (5th-2nd cent. B.C.), referring to the Athenian cleruchy. Several rooms have been excavated, the largest having a rectangular floor plan, an off-centre entrance and built couches (klinai) along the inner sides, and can be interpreted as a banquet hall (hestiatorion). The finds (both pottery and coroplastic) hint at the symposium and cult sphere (terracotta statuettes of deities and small altars). The smaller neighbouring rooms, featuring a recurring plan with a raised plat-form on four sides and a quadrangular central space, can also be referred to the same function. This complex of hestiatoria could well be connected to a sanctuary, to be found nearby. According to the excavated stratigraphies, the area was abandoned as early as the end of the Hellenistic period.

Nel 2022 è proseguita l’esplorazione archeologica nell’area del santuario arcaico di Efestia, nel settore settentrionale della penisola di Paleopoli. Le ricerche, in continuità con quelle dello scorso anno, sono state condotte nell’avvallamento occi- dentale, adiacente il santuario. I livelli più antichi di frequentazione individuati sono spessi strati con materiali ceramici protogeometrici e geometrici, che attestano l’estensione dell’insediamento abitato dalla popolazione locale nella prima età del ferro, dall’XI agli inizi del VII sec. a.C., prima del santuario (datato tra metà VII-fine VI sec. a.C.). La più cospicua fase è quella di epoca classico-ellenistica (V-II sec. a.C.), riferibile alla cleruchia ateniese. Sono stati scavati alcuni ambienti, il più grande dei quali ha pianta rettangolare, ingresso decentrato e letti (klinai) in muratura lungo i lati interni, ed è interpretabile come una sala da banchetto (hestiatorion). I materiali rinvenuti (ceramiche e terrecotte) rinviano alla sfera del simposio e del culto (statuette fittili di divinità e piccoli altari). Anche i più piccoli ambienti vicini, dalla planimetria ricorrente con una bassa banchina su quattro lati e uno spazio centrale quadrangolare, possono essere riportati alla stessa funzione. Questo complesso di hestiatoria potrebbe essere collegato a un santuario, da cercare nelle vicinanze. In base alle stratigrafie scavate, l’area fu abbandonata già alla fine dell’epoca ellenistica.

Il santuario dell'acropoli arcaica e l'abitato classico-ellenistico di Efestia (Lemno) : scavi e ricerche del 2022

Sarcone, Germano
2022

Abstract

During 2022, archaeological exploration continued in the area of the Archaic sanctuary of Hephaestia, in the northern sector of the Palaeopolis peninsula. The investigations, in continuity with those of last year, were conducted in the natural valley, adjoining the sanctuary to the W. The oldest identified levels of frequentation are thick layers containing Proto-geometric and Geometric pottery, which attest to the extent of the settlement inhabited by the local population in the Early Iron Age, from the 11th to the early 7th cent. B.C., before the life of the sanctuary (mid-7th to late 6th cent. B.C.). The most conspicuous phase is from the Classical-Hellenistic period (5th-2nd cent. B.C.), referring to the Athenian cleruchy. Several rooms have been excavated, the largest having a rectangular floor plan, an off-centre entrance and built couches (klinai) along the inner sides, and can be interpreted as a banquet hall (hestiatorion). The finds (both pottery and coroplastic) hint at the symposium and cult sphere (terracotta statuettes of deities and small altars). The smaller neighbouring rooms, featuring a recurring plan with a raised plat-form on four sides and a quadrangular central space, can also be referred to the same function. This complex of hestiatoria could well be connected to a sanctuary, to be found nearby. According to the excavated stratigraphies, the area was abandoned as early as the end of the Hellenistic period.
The sanctuary of the Archaic Acropolis and the Classical-Hellenistic settlement of Hephaestia (Lemnos) : excavations and research in 2022
2022
Settore L-ANT/07 - Archeologia Classica
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