2021, A. MOSCHOU & A. KARNAVA, «The northwest edge of the site: a new neighbourhood at prehistoric Akrotiri», in C. G. DOUMAS, A. DEVETZI (EDS.), Akrotiri, Thera. Forty years of research (1967-2007), Scientific colloquium, Athens, 15-16 December 2007, Athens, 143-162. By Artemis Karnava

https://www.academia.edu/111876116/2021_A_MOSCHOU_and_A_KARNAVA_The_northwest_edge_of_the_site_a_new_neighbourhood_at_prehistoric_Akrotiri_in_C_G_DOUMAS_A_DEVETZI_EDS_Akrotiri_Thera_Forty_years_of_research_1967_2007_Scientific_colloquium_Athens_15_16_December_2007_Athens_143_162?email_work_card=title The excavation of the foundation shafts for the pillars of the new shelter over the site of Akrotiri in Thera (1999-2003) necessitated the continuation of archaeological investigations around Sector Alpha, which, until then, was the northernmost excavated area of the settlement. The area presented in this paper extends to the north of the House of the Ladies and Sector Alpha, as well as to the northeast of Sector Alpha. Our research was based initially on the information from the archival data of the first excavations in the vicinity, as well as that of the tunnels during those same years (1967-1969). Spyridon Marinatos, when first faced with the problem of an ancient site shrouded in tons of volcanic pumice, tried to investigate it by opening (underground) tunnels in the pumice, in order to track buildings but also leave the landscape above ground intact. The method was abandoned and the tunnels with time collapsed. But what prompted this paper was the (deluge of) new information from investigations in connection with the construction of a new shelter: surface volcanic materials were removed, and proper archaeological excavations took place where the new shelter pillars would be erected. The presentation follows a chronological sequence from the earliest levels to the latest, and follows the evidence of human activities and interventions from the Early Cycladic period until the latest pre-eruption phase. ...