Eleon (Arma)

Location

Site Related Projects

Project Project Date Project Director(s) Project Period Research Type
EBAP - Eleon Excavation: Southeast Sector Wednesday, June 1, 2011 to Wednesday, July 31, 2013 Alexandra Charami Late Helladic IIIB, Archaic - Classical modular trenches and open area excavation
EBAP - Eleon Excavation: Northwest Sector Wednesday, June 1, 2011 to Monday, July 15, 2013 Alexandra Charami Middle Helladic period, Late Helladic IIIB, Late Helladic IIIC modular trenches / grid excavation
EBAP - Eleon Excavation: Southwest Sector Wednesday, June 1, 2011 to Wednesday, July 31, 2013 Alexandra Charami Early Helladic Period, Middle Helladic period, Late Helladic IIIB, Late Helladic IIIC modular trenches / grid excavation
EBAP - Eleon Excavation Sunday, May 1, 2011 to Saturday, August 31, 2013 Alexandra Charami Late Helladic I, Late Helladic II, Late Helladic IIIA, Late Helladic IIIA/B, Late Helladic IIIB/C, Late Helladic IIIC, Late Classical: 404-323 B.C. modular trenches / grid excavation
Eastern Boeotia Archaeological Project Friday, June 1, 2007 to Thursday, August 29, 2013 Alexandra Charami Late Helladic period / Mycenaean, Late Classical: 404-323 B.C. intensive pedestrian survey, intensive site survey, topographic survey and mapping, Geophysical Survey, modular trenches / grid excavation

Site Related Finds

Object Name Material Object Date - Earliest Object Date - Latest
EBAP002 handmade female figurine Clay Late Archaic period Early Classical period
EBAP005 ivory furniture/container relief decoration ivory Late Helladic IIIB2
EBAP007 mouldmade female figurine terracotta Late Archaic period Early Classical period
EBAP008 lekanis Clay Late Archaic period Early Classical period
EBAP011 AGRICULTURE AND SUBSISTENCE bronze LH IIIC

Site Related Images

In the Southeast Sector the excavation down to bedrock of a well-preserved section of the eastern face of the curving defensive wall of the akropolis at ancient Eleon (Arma, eastern Boeotia).
Excavation of the northern part of the "Blue Stone Structure" in the Southeast Sector at ancient Eleon (Arma, eastern Boeotia).
Cleaning the eastern face of the curving defensive wall of akropolis at ancient Eleon (Arma, eastern Boeotia).
EBAP Co-Directors Bryan Burns and Brendan Burke explaining the complexities of the area around the succession of gates in the Southeast Sector at ancient Eleon (Arma, eastern Boeota).
EBAP Co-Director Bryan Burns describing the probable extent of the "Blue Stone Structure" in the Southeast Sector at ancient Eleon (Arma, eastern Boeotia).
Aerial view of "Blue Stone Structure" in Southeast Sector at ancient Eleon (Arma, eastern Boeotia)
The 2014 CIG visitors departing from the excavation at Eleon (Arma, eastern Boeotia).
Archaeological illustrator Tina Ross drawing ceramics from the excavation at ancient Eleon (Arma, eastern Boeotia)