Antissa Excavation 1931-1932: Season 1931
Excavation: Research excavation
In the first season of work at the ancient site of Antissa, trenches were dug on the acropolis which revealed some Mycenaean, red Troy VI and archaic bucchero pottery, plus one possible East Greek sherd. Walls were traced, including one with fine polygonal masonry. The kastro consisted of mainly of Genoese and early Turkish walls. The theory that that some of the walls were Mycenaean was tested and proved to be negative. The promontory proved more productive and yielded various levels of pottery: Byzantine and medieval on top, Hellenistic (including terracottas), then archaic with the typical Lesbian grey bucchero followed by a level which contained Minyan and some Mycenaean imports. The lowest levels were below sea-level which suggested that the early settlement was submerged owing to subsidence of the coast.
Active from 15/06/1931 to 27/06/1931.
Lamb, Miss Winifred
Hutchinson, Mr Richard Wyatt
[Journal] The Annual of the British School at Athens, no. 31 (1930/1931).
Payne, Humfry G. 1931. Archaeology in Greece, 1930-1931. JHS 51 (2): 184-210. Direct link
Lamb, Winifred. 1930. Antissa. BSA 31: 166-178. Direct link