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Excavations at Kouphovouno, Laconia: Results from the 2001 and 2002 Seasons1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2013

W. Cavanagh ,
C. Mee  and
J. Renard
W. Cavanagh
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham
C. Mee
Affiliation:
University of Liverpool
J. Renard
Affiliation:
Montpellier 3, Université Paul Valéry
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Abstract

A final report is presented here on the excavation of four Areas at the prehistoric site of Kouphovouno, Sparta, Lakonia. Areas A and D were excavated as trials in 2001 and lie outside the land purchased by the BSA for the main campaigns, so they could not be excavated further, whilst Areas E and F had extensive deposits of historic date and were not further explored as being outside the remit of the main Kouphovouno Project. The excavations have yielded important Neolithic and Early Helladic II deposits, plus Bronze Age burials and later Roman remains. After summarising the aims of the Project and mentioning earlier work at the site, the report gives an account of the stratigraphy and finds and includes specialist reports on the human and animal bones, the ceramics, the chipped and ground stone and other finds. Also discussed is the relationship between the surface remains reported in BSA 99 and the excavated material.

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Annual of the British School at Athens , Volume 102 , November 2007 , pp. 11 - 101
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