CHAP. V - CENTRAL THESSALY, TSANGLI, RINI

Summary

A. TSANGLI

The mound of Tsangli (p. 9, no. 38), which is locally known as Karaman Tsaïr Maghula (Καραμὰ Τσαïὶρ Μαγούλα), lies in the centre of the valley which runs along a small tributary of the Enipeus from Pharsalus towards Pherae. In the hills, half an hour to the south, lies the small mining village of Tsangli, which is overshadowed by the Greek acropolis usually identified as Eretria in Phthiotis. At the foot of the mound on the west rises a spring. The discovery of prehistoric objects was first made here when the contractor, who built the light line that runs down from the chrome mine at Tsangli to a siding on the Thessalian Railway near Aivali station, dug away about an eighth of the mound to obtain earth for the embankment. Of the finds then made the greater part have been presented by one of the owners of the estate, Mr Margharitis Apostolidhis, to the Volos Museum, others are still in the possession of the other owner, Mr Periklis Apostolidhis. Subsequently, in 1905, Tsundas, with the assistance of Mr Yiannopulos of Almiros, made some trial excavations here. The finds then made are in the National Museum at Athens. In the Almiros Museum are other objects found on the site by peasants. We excavated here in March and April 1910, and the finds are now in the Museum at Volos.