TY - JOUR
T1 - The 2019 Bays of East Attica Regional Survey (BEARS) Project
T2 - New Archaeological Evidence for the History of Coastal Settlement, Economy, and Connectivity from Porto Rafti (Greece)
AU - Murray, Sarah C.
AU - Pratt, Catherine E.
AU - Stephan, Robert P.
AU - McHugh, Maeve
AU - Erny, Grace K.
AU - Psoma, Aikaterini
AU - Lis, Bartłomiej
AU - Sapirstein, Philip N.
PY - 2021/3/3
Y1 - 2021/3/3
N2 - This paper presents the findings of the inaugural season of the Bays of East Attica Regional Survey project (BEARS). The project aims to clarify the history of human activity around the bay of Porto Rafti in eastern Attica. Surface finds from Raftis Island demonstrate that it was the location of a major Late Helladic IIIC site probably linked to the cemetery at Perati, as well as of limited Late Roman occupation. The Pounta peninsula yielded a large quantity of obsidian lithics, indicating significant activity during the Final Neolithic/Early Bronze Age, with lesser quantities of material dated to the Late Helladic IIIC and Roman/Byzantine periods. At Koroni, surface finds of Late Helladic IIIC and Archaic/Classical date indicate that activity at the site predates the third-century Ptolemaic military camp excavated by American archaeologists in 1960. Overall, these survey data provide a range of new evidence and insight into the history of the Porto Rafti area and its connections to other regions of the Aegean. Methodologically, the project's work also demonstrates the value of conducting archaeological surface survey even in areas with extensive modern development.
AB - This paper presents the findings of the inaugural season of the Bays of East Attica Regional Survey project (BEARS). The project aims to clarify the history of human activity around the bay of Porto Rafti in eastern Attica. Surface finds from Raftis Island demonstrate that it was the location of a major Late Helladic IIIC site probably linked to the cemetery at Perati, as well as of limited Late Roman occupation. The Pounta peninsula yielded a large quantity of obsidian lithics, indicating significant activity during the Final Neolithic/Early Bronze Age, with lesser quantities of material dated to the Late Helladic IIIC and Roman/Byzantine periods. At Koroni, surface finds of Late Helladic IIIC and Archaic/Classical date indicate that activity at the site predates the third-century Ptolemaic military camp excavated by American archaeologists in 1960. Overall, these survey data provide a range of new evidence and insight into the history of the Porto Rafti area and its connections to other regions of the Aegean. Methodologically, the project's work also demonstrates the value of conducting archaeological surface survey even in areas with extensive modern development.
U2 - 10.3138/mous.17.2.005
DO - 10.3138/mous.17.2.005
M3 - Article
VL - 17
SP - 323
EP - 394
JO - Mouseion: Journal of the Classical Association of Canada
JF - Mouseion: Journal of the Classical Association of Canada
IS - 2
ER -