Format: Hardback
Pages: 502
ISBN: 9788771847123
Pub Date: 30 Apr 2020
Imprint: Aarhus University Press
Series: Monographs of the Danish Institute at Athens
Description:
Homeric Chalkis is situated on the coast of Aetolia at the very ‘gateway’ of the Gulf of Patras. The foundation occurred during an important period in early Greek history when trade and movement of peoples along the Gulf intensified with a resulting strong pull to the coast. Well-preserved stratigraphies date the foundation to the early seventh century BC and testify to a flourishing settlement in the sixth century lasting till the early fifth century BC when the site was temporarily given up.