Astakos Excavation 1932
Fieldwork:
The site excavated is near the medieval site of Grabes. In one area a shallow deposit of early Bronze-Age sherds was found. Several trenches cut in a cave below the cliff yielded a big Mycenaean pithos in situ, and sherds of L.M. IIIA and IIIB date. Below this Mycenaean pottery was an early Bronze-Age deposit. In another cave 500 feet above sea level, near the chapel of St. Nikolas, neolithic painted pottery was found: this is interesting, as it may point to contacts with Italy and Thessaly. There were also a 'crusted' bowl and polished sherds. In the Mycenaean pottery at Grabes was a bevelled cylix stem, and other close contacts with Ithaca were traceable; wishbone handles suggested connections with Macedonia.
Active in 1932.
Benton, Dr Sylvia