Assiros (, before 1926: Γιουβέσνα - ''Giouvesna'',
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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lagkadas, of which it is a municipal unit.
Administrative division
The community of Assiros consists of two separate settlements (2021 populations):[
*Assiros (population 1,843)
* Examili (population 194)
]
History
The archaeological site of Assiros Toumba, a 4000 year old settlement mound, is located within the territory of modern Assiros. Excavation between 1975 and 1989 at this site has made a major contribution to understanding the nature of settlement, society, economy and material culture in prehistoric Macedonia. A combination of radiocarbon and dendrochronological research on building timbers and radiocarbon dates for animal bones recovered from the site has provided one of the few accurate dates for the transition from Bronze to Iron Age in the Aegean area c.1070 BC.
According to the statistics of Vasil Kanchov
Vasil Kanchov (26 July 1862 – 6 February 1902) was a geographer, ethnographer and teacher who served as Minister of Education of Bulgaria.
Early life and education
Vasil Kanchov was born in Vratsa. Upon graduating from High school i ...
("Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics"), 500 Greek
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Christians
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and 360 Turks lived in the village in 1900.[ Kanchov, Vasil, , ]Sofia
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, 1900, book 2, p. 11. Written as "Гювезна (Гвоздово)". (in Bulgarian)
See also
* Toumba
* List of settlements in the Thessaloniki regional unit
References
External links
Assiros Project web pages
*Thracians and Mycenaeans: Proceedings of the Fourth International Congres
*The Oxford Illustrated History of Prehistoric Europe by Barry W. Cunliff
*Urbanism in the Aegean Bronze Age by Keith Braniga
Official site of the Demos (Municipality) of AssirosCatalogue of archaeological sites in the Demos of Assiros
Populated places in Thessaloniki (regional unit)
Lagkadas
Mycenaean sites in Macedonia (Greece)
Geography of ancient Mygdonia
Iron Age sites in Greece
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