Keros-Dhaskalio. Colin Renfrew and Michael Boyd (Cambridge/BSA) report on a fourth and final field season of this project, which has focused on the ‘Small Cyclades’, the archipelago of small islands located between Naxos, Ios and Amorgos in the south-central Cyclades. Combining survey with excavation, the project has uncovered remarkable evidence for architecture and town planning, craft activities, and the widespread import of raw materials and finished goods: the first clear evidence for...

Keros-Dhaskalio. Colin Renfrew and Michael Boyd (Cambridge/BSA) report on a third season of the Keros-Naxos Seaways project, which seeks to extend our understanding of the Early Bronze Age settlement pattern from Keros to the neighbouring zones of southeast Naxos and Kato Kouphonisi, to investigate the nature of Early Bronze Age settlement on Keros, and to investigate in detail the settlement on Dhaskalio.

Seven trenches were opened in 2017 on...

Keros-Dhaskalio. Colin Renfrew and Michael Boyd (Cambridge/BSA) report on a new programme of excavations on the small islet of Dhaskalio opposite Kavos on Keros in August – October 2016, which follow those of the recently published excavations of the Cambridge Keros Project (2006-2008). This year’s excavations constitute the second season of a projected four-year programme, of which the first (in 2015) was the Southeast Naxos Survey (as reported last year). The excavations of 2006-2008 had...