NEW INVESTIGATIONS AT ZAGORA (ANDROS): THE ZAGORA ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT 2012

A renewed fieldwork campaign was initiated at Zagora in 2012 as a collaborative project between the Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens, the Archaeological Society at Athens, and the Department of Archaeology at the University of Sydney. The aim of this research programme is to build on previous work undertaken at the site in order to examine the physical, social, and economic structures of Zagora through the application of a wide range of current fieldwork methods and technologies. By the Late Geometric period the site was densely settled, as occupation remains spread across the entire headland suggest. A further notable feature of the site resulting from the 2012 investigations includes the large amount of slag encountered, suggesting that metalworking activities may have been widely spread across the settlement. Previous assumptions that the site was a dry one in antiquity can now be contested thanks to the recognition of the presence of natural dolines or sink holes in the bedrock that would have provided some access to water within the settlement area. One of the trial trenches revealed the remains of a late 8th-century house, while the other produced deposits that include pottery identifiable as Sub-Protogeometric in style.