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During the excavations of the Austrian archaeological institute between 1983 and 1994, two houses in the town of Lousoi were examined. Built on the northern foothills of mount Helmos, in ancient Northern Arkadia, they had developed as part of the living area, on two natural terraces above the plateau of Soudena. The houses, generously built with bathrooms and oikoi with decorated hearths, reflect a picture of comfortable living. Installations for wine production and numerous small finds offer insight into the living habits and home-industry of the inhabitants, who processed the products which they gained from agriculture, animal elevation and hunting. During the years, alterations brought change to the architecture, but two major building phases in each of the houses can be discerned, until a special event forced the inhabitants of the second phase to leave the houses. After this break, a thick layer of rubble fell on the floors, containing broken roof tiles, burnt pieces of wood, small finds. Pottery fragments, glass, coins offer a chronological frame in the 3rd/2nd ct. B.C. and the 1st. ct. BC/ 1st. ct. AD. There followed a third building phase at the end of the 2nd./beginning of the 3rd. century. Again, pottery and small finds offer chronological indications.

E-books --- Pottery, Greek --- Architecture, Domestic --- Kato Lousoi (Greece) --- Antiquities. --- Architecture, Hellenistic