{"id":12385,"date":"2023-11-19T11:38:50","date_gmt":"2023-11-19T09:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cig-icg.gr\/tanagra-survey\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T11:21:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T09:21:31","slug":"tanagra-survey","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cig-icg.gr\/el\/tanagra-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanagra Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>In 1985, Duane W. Roller (Wilfrid Laurier University) undertook a topographic survey of the site of Grimadha on the northern slope of Mt. Soros (in antiquity called Mt. Kerykion), long associated with the Classical and Hellenistic city of Tanagra. The project was completed in a single season with the permission of the 9th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities of Boeotia.<\/p>\n<p>The primary aim of the 1985 survey was to produce a topographic map of the site, trace the course of its perimeter wall, and document surviving architectural remains and surface features. Earlier investigations had been limited, focusing mainly on the city\u2019s cemeteries, despite its known location and reputation in antiquity for its attractive urban plan. The fragmentary city wall follows an irregular circuit shaped by the steep terrain, with remains that include a prominent tower, damaged by the construction of an aqueduct in the 1950s, and the site\u2019s only standing gate. Although none of the city\u2019s interior structures stand more than about 1.5 meters above the surface, the highest concentration of remains occurs in the southern part of the city, where streets and avenues are still visible. Most buildings are too fragmentary to identify, but this area likely contained the city\u2019s theatre. Further work carried out more recently by the Netherlands Institute in Athens has since confirmed many of the results of the 1985 project.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Select Bibliography<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Roller, D.W. \u00a01987. \u201cTanagra Survey Project 1985: The Site of Grimadha.\u201d\u00a0<strong><em>The Annual of the British School at Athens<\/em><\/strong>\u00a082: 213-232.<\/p>\n<p>Roller, D.W. 1989. \u201cRecent investigations at Grim\u00e1dha (Tanagra).\u201d 129-163. In\u00a0<strong><em>Boeotia Antiqua I: Papers on Recent Work in Boiotian Archaeology and History<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0J.M. Fossey ed. McGill University Monographs in Classical Archaeology and History 7. Amsterdam: Brill.<\/p>\n<p>Roller, D.W. 1989.<strong>\u00a0<em>Tanagran Studies 1: Sources and Documents on Tanagra in Boiotia<\/em><\/strong>. McGill University Monographs in Classical Archaeology and History 9. Amsterdam: J.C. Gieben.<\/p>\n<p>Roller, D.W. 1989.\u00a0<strong><em>Tanagran Studies 2: The Prosopography of Tanagra in Boiotia<\/em><\/strong>. McGill University Monographs in Classical Archaeology and History 9. Amsterdam: J.C. Gieben.<\/p>\n<p>More on the project can be found here: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/portal.cig-icg.gr\/node\/119\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/portal.cig-icg.gr\/node\/119<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":15586,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12385","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cig-icg.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cig-icg.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cig-icg.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cig-icg.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cig-icg.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cig-icg.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cig-icg.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cig-icg.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}