Ephoria Kavala

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The Ephoria Kavala was named XVIII in 1969. Greek Ephory (Εφορεία Προΐστορικών και Κλασικών Αρχαιοτήτων) established by the Greek Antiquities Service with the aim of researching the archaeological history of prehistoric and classical antiquities within the prefectures of Kavala and Drama .

The authority was under the direction of Ephoros Dimitri Lazaridi until 1990, then under the direction of Chaidou Koukouli-Chrysanthaki, since 2002 it has been directed by Zisis Bonias, the current director is Maria Nikolaidou. The Ephoria has carried out numerous archaeological investigations since its inception:

  • since 1969 research into the prehistory of the island of Thasos , the Bronze and Iron Ages.
  • 1972 excavations in Pistyros in the Thasitian Peraia
  • 1969–1978 excavations of the acropolis Kastri, Thasos and their necropolises Tsiganadika, Vrysoudes, Kentria and the settlement and the burial ground of Larnaki. The settlements and burial grounds from the prehistoric period of the island were described as the most important excavation sites in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace at the time.
  • 1981 October, tunnels and waste dumps on the summit of the Klisidi by the research group of the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg, the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz, the German Mining Museum in Bochum, the IGME Xanthi, the Ephoria Kavala and the École française d'Athènes
  • 1982–1984 Research into red ocher mining in Tzines by the Ephoria Kavala, the Greek Institute for Geological Studies, IGME, Xanthi, German Mining Museum, Bochum, under Gerd Weisgerber and Hans-Peter Uerpmann , University of Tübingen; completed in 1994.
  • 1986 September, investigation of the retaining walls on the slopes above Kinyra, program Archaeological Map Thasos by Ephoria Kavala and Ecole Francaise d'Athenes:
  • 1986 Discovery of the Neolithic settlement in Limenaria
  • 1992 Continuation of the excavations in Kastri and the necropolises
  • 1993–1996 excavations of the Neolithic settlement in Limenaria

literature

  • Chaidou Koukouli-Chrysanthaki: Πρωτοιστορική Θάσος. Τα νεκροταφεία του οικισμού Κάστρι , Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού, Δυμοσιέυματα του αρχαιολογικού Δελτίου Αολιτισμού. 45, 1992, ISBN 960-214-107-7
  • Chaidou Koukouli-Chrysanthaki: The archaeological finds from the gold mines near Kinyra , DER ANSCHNITT, Supplement 6, pp. 173-179, Association of Friends of Art and Culture in Mining eV, Bochum 1988, ISBN 3-921533-40-6
  • Chaidou Koukouli-Chrysanthaki, Gerd Weisgerber: Prehistoric Ocher Mines on Thasos , In: Thasos Matieres Premieres et Technologie de la Prehistoire a nos Jours, Actes du Colloque International, Limenaria, Thasos, 26-29 / 9/1995, pp. 129-144 . ISBN 2-86958-141-6

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