Agios Petros (island)
| Agios Petros (Άγιος Πέτρος) | ||
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| Waters | Aegean Sea | |
| Archipelago | Northern Sporades | |
| Geographical location | 39 ° 19 '18.4 " N , 24 ° 3' 18.4" E | |
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| length | 145 m | |
| width | 75 m | |
| surface | 0.81 ha | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Agios Petros ( Greek Άγιος Πέτρος ( m. Sg. )) Is an uninhabited island of the Northern Sporades . Administratively, the island belongs to the municipality of Alonnisos in the Sporades regional district of the Greek region of Thessaly .
location
The island of Agios Petros is located in the bay of Agios Petros (Όρμος του Αγίου Πέτρου) in the southwest of Kyra Panagia about 100 m from the coast.
history
The prehistoric settlement of Agios Petros, now largely covered by the sea, was a permanent settlement during the Neolithic Age. The site was first researched archaeologically by Dimitrios Theocharis . The excavation under the direction of Nikos Efstratiou in 1981 revealed three consecutive settlement phases. These finds were published in 1985.
The main settlement period is assigned to the late Early to Early Middle Neolithic of Thessaly on the basis of painted ceramics with highly developed decorative motifs. Dating with the 14 C method revealed a settlement period from 5700 to 5500 to 3800 BC. BC at the same time as the pre- Dimini phase. A second settlement phase existed from 3500 to 2000 BC. Chr.
literature
Y. Liritzis, L. Orphanidis-Georgiadis, N. Efstratiou: Neolithic Thessaly and the Sporades . Remarks on cultural contacts between Sesklo, Dimini and Aghios Petros based on trace element analysis and archaeological evidence. In: Oxford Journal of Archeology . tape 10 , 1991, pp. 307-313 (Book 3).