[01] Excavations at Alassa completed
The Ministry of Communications and Works, Department of Antiquities,
announced the completion of the 9th excavation season at the late Bronze
age site at Alassa.
The excavation was conducted under the direction of Dr Sophocles Hadjisavvas,
Director of the Department of Antiquities.
The aim was to carry out further investigation of the large building east
of Building II which probably functioned as the administrative centre of
the large settlement of Alassa.
Storage rooms and a wine press formed part of the administrative building
which measures 25x16m. The exterior walls which were 1.10 m thick, have not
survived and reconstruction was made possible by the substantial foundations
cut in the rock which was itself levelled to form the floor of the
building.
The building was constructed on several levels as each series of rooms
seems to have been built on a different level.
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