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§ V.—Ancient Sites in the Strymon Valley

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 October 2013

Extract

I Here describe a few sites on the south side of the valley of the Strymon, which I noticed while stationed there in 1916–1918. All except No. 5 belong to the third type described by Wace and Thompson and consist of large, low flat-topped mounds covered with Hellenistic sherds. This part of the country was anciently inhabited by the Bisaltai.

1. At kilometre 70 on the Salonika-Serres road, about three kilometres south-west of Sakavcha, and two-and-a-half kilometres west of Makesh. Round the edges the remains of ancient walls can be easily traced; in places they are still three feet high and the same thickness with small towers at irregular intervals. Remains of house walls can be found everywhere a few feet down.

Type
Macedonia
Copyright
Copyright © The Council, British School at Athens 1919

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References

page 64 note 1 B.S.A. xx. pp. 123 ff.

page 64 note 2 See pp. 33 f.

page 64 note 3 See Mr. Tod's paper above, p. 91., No. 17.

page 65 note 1 Voyage dans la Macédoine, p. 145.

page 65 note 2 Mr. Casson suggests that the large site at the 70th kilometre stone on the Salonika-Serres road may be identified with Berga. See p. 32 f.

page 65 note 3 See p. 34.