Koutsoukou, A.

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The scope of this survey was twofold: a) to locate
and study sites reported to have antiquities and b) to
investigate selected areas with intensive methods. The
sites are described and interpreted in Chapter III. -
Evidence from both the extensive and intensive part of the
survey is combined to observe general trends in the
distribution patterns from the Neolithic to the
Roman period in the Conclusions.

A greater emphasis is given to the prehistoric
period, for which two main observations were made: a)
the number of Neolithic sites recovered show that the
North-West part of the island was already settled since the
Late phase of this period and b) during the Bronze Age the
small number of finds suggest that Andros followed the
general developments in the Aegean, except for the Early
Cycladic period which is not well represented.

The limited number of ancient sources referring to
Andros do not allow
to
reconstruct the ancient topography
and history of the island in any detail. The effort to
associate finds from the survey with historical
developments had some success mainly for the Classical and
Hellenistic period. It appears that the location of the
port and the proximity of the North-West part of the island
to the mainland was the main reason for the development of
this region. Finds from the Roman period are more
difficult to interpret since ancient sources are even more
limited

Koutsoukou, Anthi

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An archaeological survey in north-west Andros, Cyclades

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An archaeological survey in north-west Andros, Cyclades

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