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NEOLITHIC THESSALY AND THE SPORADES
Author(s) -
LIRITZIS Y.,
ORPHANIDISGEORGIADIS L.,
EFSTRATIOU N.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
oxford journal of archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1468-0092
pISSN - 0262-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0092.1991.tb00020.x
Subject(s) - archaeology , human settlement , settlement (finance) , geography , ancient history , history , world wide web , computer science , payment
Summary. Aghios Petros in the Sporades Islands is one of the earliest and most thoroughly excavated settlements in the Aegean. It was a permanent settlement of the end of the 6th millennium BC, and a unique cultural centre, with influences from Thessaly, Anatolia and the Balkans. In the present study, the degree of contacts and influence between Aghios Petros and the neighbouring well‐known Neolithic settlements of Dimini and Sesklo is examined on the basis of trace element analysis by INAA. Cluster analysis, based on Th, Sc, Cs, Fe, Co and Eu, reveals distinct differences, Aghios Petros sherds forming a quite separate group. There also exist three sub‐groups within the Sporades material. This result is substantiated by archaeological evidence and reinforces the view that Aghios Petros is a site of particular cultural interest and of semi‐autonomous development, which flourished in the middle of the 5th millennium BC.