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The site of Dhaskalio Kavos, on the remote Cycladic island of
Keros, was extensively looted in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Investigations starting in1963 then revealed large quantities of
fractured marble bowls, broken marble figures and smashed pottery
of the Early Cycladic period from around 2500 BC. This report of
the subsequent survey and rescue excavations of 1987-88 reveals the
extraordinary richness of the site, now confirmed as one of the
most prolific in lite goods of the entire Aegean early bronze age.
Was it an unprecedentedly rich Early Cycladic cemetery, recently
wrecked by looters? Or was the damage deliberately produced during
early bronze age times in some procedure of ritual breakage and
ceremonial deposition? Here the survey of the site and the rescue
excavations undertaken within the looted area are documented in
detail, with a full account of the finds. Alternative explanations
for this extraordinary deposit are explored. What has been termed
'the Keros Enigma', in the light of the finds at the site, can now
be reconsidered with the full documentation which this volume
offers.
The Cycladic Islands of Greece played a central role in Aegean
prehistory, and many new discoveries have been made in recent years
at sites ranging in date from the Mesolithic period to the end of
the Bronze Age. In the well-illustrated chapters of this book,
based on the recent conference held at the McDonald Institute for
Archaeological Research in Cambridge, international scholars
including leading Greek archaeologists offer new information about
recent developments, many arising from hitherto unpublished
excavations. The book contains novel theoretical insights into the
workings of culture process in the prehistoric cultures of the
islands. It will be an indispensable resource for students and
scholars interested in the prehistory of the Aegean and in the
contributions made to its development by the prehistoric
inhabitants of the Cyclades.
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