Το Αρχαιολογικό Πρόγραμμα «Βλοχός» 2016–2018: Τα δύο πρώτα χρόνια της Ελληνοσουηδικής συνεργασίας στον Βλοχό, Π.Ε. Καρδίτσας

• The Vlochos Archaeological Project (VLAP) is a three-year collaboration between the Ephorate of Antiquities of Karditsa and the Swedish Institute at Athens, involving a team of archaeologists from Greece, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The focus of the programme is the archaeological site at the modern village Vlochos, in the municipality of Palamas (prefecture of Karditsa); a fortified urban site of the Classical-Roman period known from previous archaeological work in the region. The objective of VLAP is to record the totality of the visible ancient structures as well as to conduct a geophysical survey of the buried remains, aiming at understanding the diachronic use of the site and its phases of habitation. Consequently, the data will contribute to a broader understanding of the urbanisation processes in this part of ancient western Thessaly. The programme is fully non-invasive, utilising both traditional documentation as well as modern digital methods of surveying. The preliminary results of the first two field-seasons indicate that the remains at Vlochos belong to several chronologically distinct urban-like settlements, covering the Late Classical period until Late Roman period. With parallels in both Thessaly and Boeotia, the site displays several characteristics of ancient urban environments in Central Greece, linking it with the general socio-political developments in the region.

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HUMANIORA  -- Annan humaniora -- Antikvetenskap (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Other Humanities -- Classical Archaeology and Ancient History (hsv//eng)

HUMANIORA  -- Historia och arkeologi -- Arkeologi (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- History and Archaeology -- Archaeology (hsv//eng)

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