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The most representative residential building in Stobi is located in the center of the town, between the streets of Via Principalis Inferior and Via Principalis Superior. The name was applied by the assumption that the emperor Theodosius I was accommodated here during his visit of Stobi in 388 AD.
The palace is divided in two parts which are not linked by common entrances. The south part is called House of Parthenius because of a seal inscription reading “Of Parthenius”. Having in mind that the Palace is not excavated completely and probably the so – called “Prison” also belonged to the complex, more appropriate name for the building is Theodosian Palace.
The north part is the more attractive area of the palace. The rooms with mosaic floors are arranged around the open court surrounded by columns (peristyle). The floor of the court and the corridors around it, also have mosaic floors. At the eastern end of the peristyle there is a pool fenced with pink marble parapet blocks. Above the pool there are niches and marble bases once decorated with sculptures. The famous bronze satyrs from Stobi are exhibited in the National Museum in Belgrade, as well as the bronze sculptures of Apollo, Aphrodite and Lar and the marble head of Serapis. These artifacts were discovered inside the pool as a result of destruction. It is interesting to point out that some of them, such as the satyrs, were made during the Hellenistic period (2nd century BC) and the palace was built in the 4th century AD.
There is also a peristyle in the south part of the palace. Around this small court there are a few rooms. Two of them have mosaic floors and one of them served as a storage room judging by the ten discovered pithoi.
To the southeast of the palace, two vaulted chambers were discovered. Because of the human remains they are called “Prison”. Some of the older scholars consider these facilities to be a cellar and thus a segment of the economic part of the palace.
The palace was destroyed during the 5th century AD after what the walls were incorporated in the poor houses, built on top of the ruins in the 6th century.
Pithoi (large clay vases) for food storage such as oil, grains, dried fish, beans, & olives, Palace of Knossos.
Pots and Pithoi is based between Turners Hiil and East Grinstead in Sussex they have a wonderful collection of Cretan pots for sale. Most are new but they also have some very old ones. In addition there is a delightful shop with an abundance of fascinating things. It's well worth a visit - and they serve tea and cakes :)
These were for storage - grains, olive oil, that kind of thing. Hundreds were found, but Evans threw away their contents.
Malia (aka Palace of Malia) is a large Minoan archaeological site near the modern village of Malia. It was occupied from the middle 3rd millennium BC until about 1250 BC. During the Late Minoan period (1700 - 1470 BC) it was one of the largest Minoan palaces. It has been excavated for over a century.
The palace area has a diameter of approximately 600 meters. The total area of the city is estimated at about 80 hectares. The first palace was probably built around 1900 BC. Evidence of even older construction has been found. Malia was destroyed by a severe earthquake between 1750 and 1700 BC. The palace complex was rebuilt on the same site just a few decades later, even larger. Most of the ruins visible today date from this second period.
Malia was destroyed again around 1450 BC, at roughly the same time as the palaces of Phaistos and Kato Zakros. Fire marks on the palace walls indicate an enemy conquest. After this destruction, Malia was used only briefly.
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Se encuentra estratégicamente situado para controlar el acceso a la ruta de la Sierra en función del Valle Almanzora.
Se han documentado veinte fases estratigráficas que se encuentran asociadas a diversos horizontes de ocupación, representadas por diversas construcciones arquitectónicas claramente diferenciadas y superpuestas entre sí.
Demuestran la existencia de una secuencia cultural que abarcaría desde el Bronce Argárico Antiguo hasta el Bronce Tardío, cuya ocupación continuaría en época ibero-romana y medieval.
En Fuente Álamo la cima del cerro está fortificada, y en tiempos argáricos, siempre fue para el emplazamiento de monumentos destacados, con muy pocas estructuras como lugar de habitación y sepulturas de carácter ostentoso.
Las casas de habitación ocupadas por el grueso de la población se extendían por las terrazas en las laderas meridionales del cerro.
Asimismo, se han localizado cinco construcciones macizas de planta circular que parecen tener una función económica y una gran cisterna utilizada hasta el Bronce Tardío y reutilizada en época ibero-romana.
Se han documentado cinco tipos de enterramientos representativos de la cultura de El Argar, que evidencian el proceso evolutivo de la misma. Las diferencias se aprecian entre los enterramientos más antiguos en cuevas artificiales y cistas con dromos de acceso, siendo más recientes los enterramientos en urnas ("pithoi") y en cistas.
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Marcus Tatton "pithoi" A quick pre-launch sunrise visit to this years Sculpture by the Sea. I will be adding artists names later after my 2nd 'proper' visit! All taken on Canon 5D2 with 17mm Shift Tilt lens, some Topaz Adjustment & Raw optimising.
See the spectacular Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk transformed into a 2km long temporary sculpture park featuring over 100 sculptures by artists from Australia and across the world.
More info on the exhibition here www.sculpturebythesea.com/exhibitions/bondi.aspx
The South Propylaeum, as we see it today, is a result of the restoration of Evans who put up a copy of the "Cup-Bearer" fresco here. The wall painting depicted a man holding a libation vase (rhyton). Its theme is connected with the "Procession oFresco" whic, according to Evans, reached here, the "South Propylaeum".
The pithoi (large storage jars) on the east side of the Propylaeum belong to the Postpalatial Period (1450-1100 B.C.), and indicate tat the area was later used for storage.
This house is built on two levels against the city walls on the seashore, suggesting the walls were no longer in use and in ruins. On the upper level is a courtyard with a peristyle paved with a pebble mosaic which is the only example of its type in Sicily. It resembles a panelled carpet with a complex geometric border and with the panels containing depictions of hunting wild animals (a lion attacking a bull, a bird of prey, a deer). Its format dates it from similar ones in mainland Greece and its colonies to the 3rd century BC. The peristyle has residential rooms around it.
On the lower level in the southwestern part of the house are 6 service rooms with three large pithoi (food storage vessels).
Pithoi (large clay vases) for food storage such as oil, grains, dried fish, beans, & olives, Palace of Knossos.
The large Pithoi (storage jars) would be sunk into the holes for ease of access to their contents of consumables such as oil, grain or wine
Late Bronze-Early Iron Age, ca. 1100-900 BCE
(in the previous installation dated to the Late Bronze Age, Minoan Postpalatial period, ca. 1350-1200 BCE)
Found at Phaistos (see on Pleiades)
In the collection of, and photographed on display in, the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion, Iraklio, Crete, Greece