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THE ART MUSEUM PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY
Grant 135 (1955) -- Page 2
to have finished architectural plans drawn from existing sketches and fresh photographic prints made to replace the old ones. (To anticipate this aspect of the work would be wasteful.)
The material from the cemetery area, apart from obvious infiltrations of earlier and later periods, ranges in date from the fourth century B.C. to the sixth century A.D.; the tombs themselves belong to a more limited span of time, the late Hellenistic and early Roman periods. Burial customs and the physical equipment of everyday household life at Curium during these centuries were comparable to those of other settlements in the same area of the Mediterranean world. Locally-made objects followed general trends, but with their own characteristics; these were supplemented by imported pieces which reveal commercial contacts with Italy, Attica, Rhodes and other regions. The presence of objects of unknown or debated source contributes to the evidence accumulating toward the eventual solution of the problems involved.
Fortunately, when the material could be assessed at Curium, it was not felt necessary to carry out further exploration, for two large-scale military installations in the vicinity were absorbing available labor.
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