Plakias Mesolithic Survey. T. Strasser (ASCSA/Providence), P. Murray (ASCSA/Boston), E. Panagopoulou (EPSNE), C. Runnels (ASCSA/Boston) and N. Thompson (EPSNE) report on the findings of two seasons of survey, noting also numerous reports both in the Greek press and in foreign periodicals. Twenty eight sites associated with caves or rock-shelters have been investigated in the area from Plakias to the Preveli gorge and around Ag. Pavlos. Of 2,139 lithic artefacts, microliths of Mesolithic type...

Plakias Mesolithic Survey. T. Strasser (ASCSA/Providence), P. Murray (ASCSA/Boston), E. Panagopoulou (EPSNE), C. Runnels (ASCSA/Boston) and N. Thompson (EPSNE) report on a survey which focused on finding pre-Neo remains on Crete. The Plakias and Ag. Pavlos coastal areas in the nomos of Rethymnon were selected because they have environmental characteristics that closely approximate the preferred site locations of Mes foragers as demonstrated by discoveries in Epirus, the Argolid, the...