







The Olynthos Project 2014-2019: Season 2017
Excavation: Research excavation
On the North Hill the goals in 2017 were to continue investigation of house B ix 6, working towards its complete excavation by the end of the 2018 season and to explore settlement organisation and the distribution of activities across the hill. On the South Hill, the project aimed to explore the extent of the urban grid and its potential date of establishment and to study the nature of domestic organisation in the final phase of occupation. Gridded surface collections yielded large quantities of ceramics and tile suggesting dense occupation of a largely residential character of Classical date. Continued excavation of House B ix 6 showed that its poorly preserved southeast corner had two occupation phases. The central section of the pastas and its boundary with the courtyard were revealed including two cut-stone bases on which wooden columns or posts probably rested to support the roof. On the South Hill the excellent state of preservation of some of the material belonging to the final phase of occupation is attested by a rich destruction horizon overlying a cobbled street where many artefacts had fallen. In addition to ceramics and a few metal finds, material from this area also included quantities of animal bone. Evidence of a different construction technique from any so far encountered on the site.
Active in 2017.