Vathy Astypalaia

The surface survey carried out over the Vathy peninsula on Astypalaia and the salvage and systematic excavation of targeted sites of interest at Cape Pyrgos/Elliniko under the aegis of the Athens Archaeological Society have yielded numerous monuments and findings, which not only establish the Early Cycladic elements of the island’s cultural horizon but also attest that this location received influences from other areas of the Aegean, the Asia Minor coast, and Western Anatolia during the late 4th and the early 3rd millennium B.C. The present paper focuses on selected data retrieved from the site during the years 2011 to 2018, such as the infant pot burials, the marble figurines, the architecture, and the rich repertoire of rock art, attempting a first decipherment of its cultural physiognomy within the chronological milieu of the Aegean Final Neolithic and Early Bronze Age.