Saliagos
Saliagos (Greek: Σάλιαγκος) is an islet in the Greek island group of Cyclades. It is the first early farming site and one of the oldest settlements of the Cycladic culture.[1] [2] Saliagos is only 110 to 70 meters in size and is situated between Antiparos (ancient Oliaros) and Paros, along with several other uninhabited islands.
The fat lady of Saliagos.
Σάλιαγκος | |
|---|---|
 Saliagos islet | |
| Geography | |
| Coordinates | 37.048°N 25.094°E |
| Archipelago | Cyclades |
| Adjacent to | South Aegean |
| Administration | |
Greece | |
| Demographics | |
| Languages | Greek |
The settlement is dated to the middle to late Neolithic period. Radiocarbon dating has indicated a period from 5000 to 4500 BC. The site was excavated during the years 1964-65 by John Davies Evans and Colin Renfrew from the British School at Athens.[3]
References
- E. H. Cline (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean, ISBN 9780199873609, Jan. 2012.
- J. Hilditch, Saliagos, in The Encyclopedia of Ancient History, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 9781444338386, 2013.
- J.D. Evans and C. Renfrew, Excavations at Saliagos near Antiparos, British School of Archaeology at Athens, 1968.
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