







The Olynthos Project Field Survey 2014-2019: Season 2014
Survey: Systematic fieldwalking survey
The project’s 7 km2 study area covers the ancient city site and its immediate hinterland. A field survey was conducted with the twin aims of gaining a better understanding of the functional and chronological distribution of artefacts over the North Hill, South Hill, and Eastern Slope (including definition of the eastern boundary of the Classical city), and of exploring systematically the immediate hinterland to assess the roles which it played in antiquity. On the North Hill, a surface collection was made in 30 × 30 m grid squares prior to excavation. Random sampling combined with total collection and grab sampling of diagnostic artefacts provided artefact density figures for a select portion of each grid square plus information about chronology and function for the area as a whole. In the hinterland, field walking covered an area of 0.5 km2 to the east of the South Hill. An uncultivated mound (approximately 40 × 40 m) contained several large rock piles: a fourth-century bc date is indicated by the surface pottery. Close to the East Spur Hill (as defined by Robinson), an in situ pithos was found sheared off by mechanised agricultural equipment. A third feature of the landscape was the presence of artefacts mainly at higher (rather than lower) elevations.
Active in 2014.