Recent excavations at Karystos-Plakari

Since 2010, archaeologists from the VU University Amsterdam in collaboration with the 11th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities have been conducting a multidisciplinary research project focusing on the ancient site of Karystos-Plakari located on the southern tip of the Greek island of Euboia.

Excavations at Plakari [Credit: Plakari Archaeological Project]

Plakari is situated on a low ridge of schist stone, with a maximum elevation of 85 metres above sea level, on the northwest coast of Karystos Bay.

The project embraces systematic archaeological excavations as well as archaeobotanical, zooarchaeological and landscape archaeological research.

The focus of the research has been on a sanctuary that was in use between ca. 1000-325 BC.

This has yielded large quantities of pottery and animal bones, but also objects of metal, stone and terracotta.

For more information visit the Plakari Archaeological Project's website.

Source: Archaiologia Online [March 04, 2014]