Ancient Economies of the Northern Aegean. Fifth to First Centuries BC

pithoi, and 16 pits that would have contained similar vessels.^17 The

residues inside the storage vessels contained mainly grape pips, while

others contained olives.^18

The Tria Platania estate was not the only one in the area of Herakleion.

The farmhouse at Komboloi (Fig. 4.4) was located on the east side of the

main north–south road between the Vale of Tempe and Pieria, north of

Herakleion andc.3.5 km south-west of the recently discovered acropolis

Fig. 4.3.Country house estate at Tria Platania, Macedonia, showing parts of the
excavated complex that constituted the main residential and working quarters of
the farmhouse, with a tower and ceramic kiln in the centre of the courtyard (late
fourth to second centurybc).

(^17) Poulaki in Adam-Veleni et al., 2003, 56–60.
(^18) Margaritis in Adam-Veleni et al. 2003, 61–2; Margaritis and Jones 2008a.
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