New Halos : : A Hellenistic Town in Thessalia, Greece.

• Author: Reinders, H. Reinder.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 1988.; ©1988.
• Year of Publication: 1988
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (319 pages)

Archaeological investigation of the Hellenistic city of New Halos, which was strategically built between the foothills of the Îthris mountains and the Pagasitikós gulf, after the Macedonians destroyed Old Halos in 346 BC.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Geography and Environmental Conditions -- 1.1 Thessalía -- 1.2 Achaia Phthiotis and the Almirós Plain -- 2 Identification -- 2.1 Classical Authors -- 2.2 Visitors in Recent Times -- 3 Paleogeography of the Coastal Area -- 3.2 The Othris Mountains and the Almirós and Soúrpi Plains -- 3.3 Marine Sediments -- 3.4 Magoúla Plataniótiki -- 3.5 The Landscape at the End of the 4th Century BC -- 4 The Enceinte of New Halos -- 4.1 Masonry Styles -- 4.2 The Trace of the Hellenistic Enceinte -- 4.3 The Quarries -- 4.4 The Structure of the Wall -- 4.5 Towers -- 4.6 Gateways -- 4.7 The System of Defence -- 5 Residential Areas and Public Buildings -- 5.1 Street Pattern -- 5.2 Quarters and Housing Blocks -- 5.3 House A -- 5.4 The House of the Coroplast -- 5.5 Public Buildings -- 5.6 The Sepulchral Building -- 5.7 Planning of the Lower Town -- 6 Occupation of the Southern Part of the Almirós Plain -- 6.1 The Chora of Hellenistic Halos -- 6.2 Occupation in Prehistoric Times -- 6.3 Old Halos -- 6.4 The Coinage of Halos -- 6.5 Hellenistic Halos -- 6.6 Forts between Peuma and Halos -- 6.7 Achaia Phthiotis in the 2nd Century BC -- 6.8 The Byzantine Fort -- 6.9 Almirós -- 7 Halos and Greek Town planning -- 7.1 The City of New Halos -- 7.2 New Towns along the Pagasitic Gulf -- 7.3 Greek Towns -- 7.4 Halos and the Tetragonon Schema -- Summary (in Greek and Dutch) -- References -- Appendix 1 A Reconstruction of the Halos Environment on the Basis of Palynological Information -- Appendix 2 Mollusc Shell Assemblages in Core Samples from Ancient Halos -- Appendix 3 The Coins of the City of Halos -- Appendix 4 Catalogue of Artefacts -- Maps -- 1 Plan of the Lower Town of New Halos -- 2 Plan of the Upper Town of New Halos.