Physical environment and daily life in the Sanctuary of Poseidon at Kalaureia, Poros
The bioarchaeological remains
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https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-12-03Keywords:
Kalaureia, Poros, Greek archaeology, Poseidon, sanctuary, bioarchaeology, animal bones, charcoal, seed, molluscAbstract
The section below contains reports on bioarchaeological remains recovered in the excavations in Areas D and C in the Sanctuary of Poseidon at Kalaureia, Poros, between 2003 and 2005. The excavations were directed by the late Berit Wells within a research project named Physical Environment and Daily Life in the Sanctuary of Poseidon at Kalaureia (Poros). The main objective of the project was to study what changed and what remained constant over time in the everyday life and in both the built and physical environment in an important sanctuary of the ancient Greeks. The bioarchaeological remains, of a crucial importance for this type of study, were collected both by means of traditional archaeological excavation and by processing extensively collected soil samples. This text aims to providing the theoretical and archaeological background for the analyses that follow.
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