







The Olynthos Project Field Survey 2014-2019: Season 2016
Survey: Systematic fieldwalking survey
This year, an area of 0.71 km2 — a total of 294 fields — was walked beyond the fenced area designating the boundary of the archaeological site. As previously, very little material was identified as not being contemporary with the occupation of the North Hill. The few artefacts noted from other periods included Hellenistic and Late Roman amphora sherds and Byzantine glazed sherds. West of the North Hill high densities of material recorded within the first 100 m outside the fence suggest there was settlement in this vicinity, while further west three or four very large tiles probably indicate graves. North of the North Hill the density of artefacts dropped off as the team moved northwards, as well as northeast and southwest. South of the South Hill one line of fields was covered, revealing low densities, perhaps a result of alluvial processes here; densities were greater at higher elevations to the east. East of the South Hill revisitation of an area located close to the so-called ‘theatre’ designated ‘unsurveyable’ in 2014 due to poor visibility revealed high concentrations of material after ploughing, including numerous pebbles from a mosaic presumably damaged through ploughing.
Active from /04/2016 to /08/2016.