(2024) INSTITUTE OF AEGEAN PREHISTORY AMSTERDAM SCHOOL FOR HERITAGE, MEMORY AND MATERIAL CULTURE XX th International Aegean Conference -XX e Rencontre égéenne internationale ΗΥDOR. Water Resources and Management in the Aegean Bronze Age (original) (raw)

The Early Iron Age sanctuary of Karystos-Plakari and its wider context (2017)

in: A. Mazarakis Ainian, A. Alexandridou & X. Charalambidou (eds), Regional Stories. Towards a New Perception of the Early Greek World. Acts of an International Symposium in honour of Professor Jan Bouzek, Volos 18-21 June 2015, University of Thessaly Press, Volos, 127-144.

In this paper I present some preliminary results of the multidisciplinary research carried out between 2010 and 2015 at the site of Plakari, near Karystos in southern Euboea. In the 11th or 10th century BC a cult place was established on the Plakari hilltop. Cultic activity that included animal sacrifices and sacrificial feasting peaked during the 8th and 7th centuries BC. While discussing the main find categories, I will address questions related to the spatial and architectural setting of the cult, the character of the cult activities and rituals, the divinity venerated, the groups of people involved in the ceremonies, and the local, regional and inter-regional networks in which the sanctuary operated.