Recent fieldwork at the ancient site of Knossos on the island of Crete apparently shows that during the early Iron Age (1100 to 600 BC), the settlement was rich in imports and was nearly three times larger than what was believed from earlier excavations, according to researchers from the University of Cincinnati.
The discovery suggests that not only did this spectacular Greek Bronze Age city (between 3500 and 1100 BC) recover from the collapse of the socio-political system on the islands around 1200 BC, but also rapidly grew and thrived as a cosmopolitan hub of the Aegean and Mediterranean regions.
Antonis Kotsonas, a University of Cincinnati assistant professor of classics, will highlight his field research with the Knossos Urban Landscape Project at the 117th annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America and Society for Classical Studies. The meeting took place on January 7-10 in San Francisco.
Source: ANA-MPA
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