The Iron Age Necropolis of Kamari - Documentation and Evaluation of the Finds
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During rescue excavations as part of highway construction along the northern Peloponnese coast, an extensive necropolis was discovered in 2016 near the modern town of Kamari. The undisturbed graves from the Geometric period and their associated finds, including pottery and bronze vessels as well as iron objects, have not yet been published. The finds suggest that some of buried individuals were members of a local(?) elite. Since the necropolis was excavated using up-to-date methods, it is possible to approach numerous key questions about the Early Iron Age in Greece on the basis of detailed archaeological and anthropological research. The aim of the project is to comprehensively document and the findings. In addition, the location of the necropolis demands for consideration regarding its spatial setting, namely the landscape of the northern Peloponnese. The narrow coastal strip of the northern Peloponnese is, on the one hand, an important land transport axis from east to west: the well-known cities of Corinth with the Lechaion harbour and Sikyon in the east, and Aigeira, Helike and Aigion in the west are lined up along the coast. To the south, smaller passes lead to Pheneos and Stymphalos. Analysing the necropolis of Kamari and making these results available to the research community therefore will certainly add to a better understanding of a previously little-noticed region and provide new data for a discussed-discussed phase of Greek culture.
Contact: Dr. Stefanos Spanos and Dr. Constanze Graml |