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Excavation: Research excavation
Work on the Special Deposit South was completed, with the removal of a number of baulks and limited excavation to confirm that the extremities of the Deposit had been reached. Water-sieving again revealed no human remains or workshop debris. The small caves and cavities lying to the south of the Deposit were further investigated, yielding traces of human bone. No evidence was found to support the existence of an Early Cycladic settlement in the Middle Area. Further exploration of the settlement on Dhaskalio was a principal objective of this season. A survey and a catalogue of all visible surface features were completed, along with photography via a ground- controlled helicopter, and kite and pole. A photomosaic coverage for both Dhaskalio and Kavos was achieved, and on this basis orthophotographic coverage (and a digital terrain model) at a scale of 1:500 will soon be available. Excavation focused on the summit area, where a structure ca. 16 metres long running north–south along the spine of the summit was revealed — the most substantial building yet found in a Cycladic Early Bronze Age settlement. The buildings on the summit were constructed during the first phase of settlement (which began between ca. 2800 and 2500 BC), reconstructed during Phase B (ca. 2500–2200), and abandoned in Phase C, late in the late Early Cycladic Period (provisionally ca. 2200–2000/1900).
Active from /05/2008 to /06/2008.
Renfrew, Professor Andrew Colin