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Lime Pit P09 in Tzoumerka

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posted on 2025-10-22, 10:08 authored by Ioanna NtoutsiIoanna Ntoutsi
A photo of a lime pit (P09) in the area of Tzoumerka, in the village of Monolithi, close to Arachthos riverside. Few built parts, the shape of the pit, reddish coloring of the soil are some of the vestiges of the process still preserved.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

P09

Rights owner

Ioanna Ntoutsi

Cultural group

lime kiln practitioners

Country

Greece

Place

Monolithi, Perfecture of Arta

Item/object

A landscape trace of traditional lime production.

Materials

Stone

Cultural context/event

Material Culture Documentation

Location

Workshop

Intent

Producing quicklime

Date of creation

2022-04-16

Unique ID

2021SG05-P09-0050

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