Kythera Island Project (KIP) Fieldwalking survey 2017
In 2017, the main objectives were to investigate the entirety of the Paliokastro urban zone to refine our understanding of the main timelines of human activity, to characterise better the changing spatial footprint of these activities, and to situate this key area more systematically within wider research agendas set by KIP (1998-2001), the Antikythera Survey Project (ASP) and the Petrocheilos excavations and others. Surface survey covered 2.0 km2. Exploration in 2017 suggests it is possible that the southern area — clearly part of the city in Classical, Hellenistic and Roman times — lay outside the Archaic settlement proper given the presence of 7th-century BC burials. There is increased evidence for investment in higher status buildings on the lower southern slopes of the hill (finds of rosso antico, Parian marble, pebblemosaic floors, and fine ware pottery mostly of Hellenistic–early Roman date), and very reduced evidence for settlement on the top ridge running south–east from the acropolis’ Athena temple. Survey also provided evidence complementing the architectural history of the churches in our survey area.
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