- Item
- AIAC_1763
- Name
- The Saranda Odeon
- Date Range
- 100 BC – 1800
- Monuments
- Unidentified
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AIAC_1763 - The Saranda Odeon - 2007Pranё monumentit tё supozuar si Odeoni, nё qytetin antik tё Onchezmit (Saranda moderne), nё verёn e vitit 2007 u ndёrrmor njё ekspeditё arkeologjike. Gёrmimet u kryen nё pjesёn e pasme tё bashkisё sё qytetit tё Sarandёs. Gjatё gёrmimeve u zhvendosёn depozita tё mёdha hedhurinash moderne pёrfshirё kёtu edhe mbetje shtёpiake. Poshtё kёtij niveli u gjetёn shtresa mё tё hershme tё qytetit, si dhe themelet e njё banesё tё fillimit tё shekullit tё 20-tё. Themelet presin depozita mё tё hershme. U identifikuan njё numёr i madh shtresash arkeologjike insitu qё pёrmbanin qeramikё tё Periudhёs Romake dhe asaj Antike tё Vonё. Gёrmimet u ndёrprenё kur u bё e qartё qё shtresat arkeologjike ishin tё paprekura dhe qё mund tё ndiqeshin nё tё gjithё zonёn. Fillimisht dukej qartё qё sekuenca arkeologjike ishte e njёjtё me atё tё evidentuar gjatё gёrmimit tё Sinagogёs sё Sarandёs, me nivele banimi qё datojnё nё shekullin 6-tё m.Kr. Megjithatё, studimi i qeramikёs tё gjetur gjatё gёrmimeve tregoi pёr prezencёn e shtresave qё datojnё nё mesjetёn e hershme nё shekujt 9-tё ose 10 m.Kr. Qёllimi i kёtyre gёrmimemeve ishte tё provonte ekzistencёn e mbetjeve arkeologjike nёn nivelin e Sarandёs moderne. Rezultatet e gёrmimeve treguan prezencёn e depozitave antike por gjithashtu ato hodhёn dritё mbi transformimin e qytetit klasik nё atё mesjetar.
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- Name
- The Saranda Odeon
- Year
- 2007
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Pranё monumentit tё supozuar si Odeoni, nё qytetin antik tё Onchezmit (Saranda moderne), nё verёn e vitit 2007 u ndёrrmor njё ekspeditё arkeologjike. Gёrmimet u kryen nё pjesёn e pasme tё bashkisё sё qytetit tё Sarandёs. Gjatё gёrmimeve u zhvendosёn depozita tё mёdha hedhurinash moderne pёrfshirё kёtu edhe mbetje shtёpiake. Poshtё kёtij niveli u gjetёn shtresa mё tё hershme tё qytetit, si dhe themelet e njё banesё tё fillimit tё shekullit tё 20-tё. Themelet presin depozita mё tё hershme. U identifikuan njё numёr i madh shtresash arkeologjike insitu qё pёrmbanin qeramikё tё Periudhёs Romake dhe asaj Antike tё Vonё. Gёrmimet u ndёrprenё kur u bё e qartё qё shtresat arkeologjike ishin tё paprekura dhe qё mund tё ndiqeshin nё tё gjithё zonёn.
Fillimisht dukej qartё qё sekuenca arkeologjike ishte e njёjtё me atё tё evidentuar gjatё gёrmimit tё Sinagogёs sё Sarandёs, me nivele banimi qё datojnё nё shekullin 6-tё m.Kr. Megjithatё, studimi i qeramikёs tё gjetur gjatё gёrmimeve tregoi pёr prezencёn e shtresave qё datojnё nё mesjetёn e hershme nё shekujt 9-tё ose 10 m.Kr.
Qёllimi i kёtyre gёrmimemeve ishte tё provonte ekzistencёn e mbetjeve arkeologjike nёn nivelin e Sarandёs moderne. Rezultatet e gёrmimeve treguan prezencёn e depozitave antike por gjithashtu ato hodhёn dritё mbi transformimin e qytetit klasik nё atё mesjetar. -
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In the vicinity of the supposed site of the Odeon at the ancient city of Onchesmos (modern Saranda), in the summer of 2007, were undertaken small scale excavations. A single trench was dug to the rear of Saranda town hall. Extensive deposits of modern rubbish were removed including domestic refuse. Below this earlier levels of the town were exposed, including the substantial foundations of a large house of the early 20th century. The foundations cut yet earlier deposits and a number of in situ archaeological layers were identified which contained late antique and Roman period ceramics. The excavation was stopped when it became clear that the archaeological levels here were relatively intact and that there was probably a high degree of survival over the whole of the area.
At first it seemed clear that the archaeological sequence here paralleled with that found at the Synagogue of Saranda with occupation apparently ceasing in the later 6th century. However, detailed examination of the ceramics identified a substantial element in the assemblage as being of early medieval date, 9th or 10th century.
The most important aspect of this excavation has been to demonstrate the potential remaining in the archaeological horizons buried beneath modern Saranda. Not only do evidently useful antique deposits survive in situ, but the data they hold may shed fresh light on the transformation of the classical city into the middle Ages. - Director
- Oliver Gilkes
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Butrint Foundation, 2007Butrint Foundation Annual Report 2007.