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SUMMARY:AIA Lecture: Columbia University's Excavation Project at the Sanctuary of Poseidon at Onchestos\, Boeotia
DESCRIPTION:In the summer of 2014\, Columbia University’s Department
  of Art History and Archaeology initiated\, under the auspices of The 
 Athens Archaeological Society\, the excavation of the sanctuary of Pos
 eidon at Onchestos\, the seat of the Boeotian Confederacy and one of t
 he few Greek sacred places mentioned in the Iliad. The excavation has 
 focused on two large areas (Site A: 0.6 ha\; Site B: 1.03 ha) between 
 Thebes and Haliartos. The excavation has already yielded a rich array 
 of finds: vases and vase-fragments (several bearing graffiti)\, countl
 ess bronze objects (including several strigils)\, bronze and silver co
 ins\, weapons (among them a fully preserved sword)\, objects associate
 d with horse- and chariot races\, and many architectural elements (inc
 luding several architectural terracottas bearing floral and abstract d
 ecoration in black\, white\, and red color on a beige background\; fra
 gments of Ionic columns\; two Ionic corner capitals). After only three
  years of excavation\, the questions are still far more numerous than 
 the answers\, but we can securely state that the site was one of the m
 ajor sanctuaries of Central Greece.
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