Angelona Excavation 1905
A test excavation was conducted at the site of Angelona near Monemvasia by the British School at Athens as a result of a discovery made by F.W. Hasluck on an exploring journey in the spring of 1905. A farmer, in clearing ground for cultivation, had turned up a marble relief, some terracottas, a bronze snake and other objects which suggested that there had been some sort of shrine on the spot. Excavations yielded little, due to the disturbed ground. However, poros blocks, numerous miniature (votive) vases, terracottas, and fragments of ribbed black-glazed ware, and other miscellaneous items were found. Along with the other artefacts, one of the terracotta reliefs depicted a hero and worshipper, suggested that the site was once the location of a local heroon.
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Wace, Mr Alan John Bayard
Hasluck, Dr Frederick William
Evans, Sir Arthur John
Wace, Alan J. & Hasluck, Frederick W. 1905. Laconia. I. Excavations near Angelona. BSA 11: 81-90.