Zagora: Life in an Early Iron Age Greek Town (900-700 BC)
The Early Iron Age settlement of Zagora on the Greek island of Andros never ceases to surprise. Zagora reached its peak in the ninth and eighth centuries BC, a period of critical importance in the development of the Aegean, and more widely the Mediterranean. The settlement was located on busy sea lanes which connected this central region of the Greek world with networks that reached well beyond it. Unlike most other contemporary Greek settlements Zagora is exceptionally well preserved as its inhabitants left c. 700 BC and the site remained largely unencumbered thereafter. Australian excavations since the 1960's have provided unrivalled insights in to how the Zagoreans lived their lives during this formative period. Stavros will outline the major findings of the earlier Australian excavations as well as fieldwork conducted since 2012.
About the speaker: Dr Stavros Paspalas is Director of Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens, University of Sydney. Dr Paspalas is a co-director of the Zagora Archaeological Project, and has worked on the excavations at Torone as well as the Australian Paliochora Kythera Archaeological Survey for many years. His research interests include the Greek world’s links with Lydia and the Achaemenid Empire, the archaeology of the northern Aegean during the Archaic and Classical periods, and the Early Iron Age Aegean.Join us for a series of lunchtime talks featuring archaeologists speaking about their archaeological fieldwork and research projects from around the planet to get a global perspective on archaeology in the 21st century. Presenters include Professor Roland Fletcher, Professor Alison Betts, Dr Annie Clarke and Professor Richard Miles.
Part of a special series of lunchtime archaeology talks presented by the Chau Chak Wing Museum: one each weekday during National Archaeology Week. Find the series details here!
When: 12 – 12.45pm, Monday 17 May 2021
Where: Nelson Meers Foundation Auditorium, Chau Chak Wing Museum, University Place, Camperdown NSW 2006
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/lunchtime-archaeology-talks-tickets-148515595143