Abstract
Two New Cists Tombs from Skamneli, Epirus, NW Greece
Highlights
The summer of 2016 at the village Skamneli (Ioannina, Greece) an undisturbed cist tomb (Grave 1), made by four large well-dressed sandstones, was located by a group of locals
The tomb was furnished with: an armlet of bronze wire with spiralling ends, a bronze anklet with a central rib and double spiral elements, several bronze rings, a bronze wheel-headed pin (Length: 17.5cm), two bronze elongated horseshoe-shaped objects and a significant number of beads made of various materials
The jewelry form part of the central European inspired tradition which characterizes many objects coming from cist tombs in the region of Zagori
Summary
The summer of 2016 at the village Skamneli (Ioannina, Greece) an undisturbed cist tomb (Grave 1), made by four large well-dressed sandstones, was located by a group of locals. The lower half of the female skeleton, which appears to have been placed in the grave in a second phase, was undisturbed, while the bones of the older male dead were heavily disturbed.
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