The Pavlopetri Underwater Archaeological Project: Excavation 2010
Excavation: Underwater excavation
Since the removal of significant areas of sand by the currents left the majority of architectural remains more exposed than in 2009, large amounts of pottery were revealed, including almost intact pithoi. A more comprehensive lifting of archaeological material across these areas was undertaken to recover material in danger of damage or removal, as well as to retrieve further information on the chronology of the site. Seven collections were carried out and a total of 395 artefacts (pottery and stone tools) recovered. The pottery lifted in 2010 confirmed and refined the dates obtained in 2009. E. Spondylis supervised the recording of beach rock at the area of Pikri-Magganos and identified submerged cuttings along Pavlopetri island.Oceanographic research conducted by Dr Dimitris Sakellariou employed three acoustic technologies — high resolution swath bathymetry, side-scan sonar and sub-bottom profiling — to reconstruct the ancient shoreline and the geomorphology of the seabed between Elaphonisos and Viglafia.
Active in 2010.