Chalandriani ( el, Χαλανδριανή) is a major early
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age is a historic period, lasting approximately from 3300 BC to 1200 BC, characterized by the use of bronze, the presence of writing in some areas, and other early features of urban civilization. The Bronze Age is the second prin ...
cemetery on the island of
Syros
Syros ( el, Σύρος ), also known as Siros or Syra, is a Greek island in the Cyclades, in the Aegean Sea. It is south-east of Athens. The area of the island is and it has 21,507 inhabitants (2011 census).
The largest towns are Ermoupoli, ...
in
Greece
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, dated to the Early Cycladic II period (
Keros-Syros culture
The Keros-Syros culture is named after two islands in the Cyclades: Keros and Syros. This culture flourished during the Early Cycladic II period (ca 2700-2300 BC) of the Cycladic civilization. The trade relations of this culture spread far and ...
, 2600–2300 BC).
[J. Hilditch, ''Chalandriani on Syros'', The Encyclopedia of Ancient History, 2012.] The fortified prehistoric settlement of is located north of Chalandriani. Chalandriani was first excavated by the Greek classical archaeologist
Christos Tsountas Christos Tsountas ( el, Χρήστος Τσούντας; 1857 – 9 June 1934) was a Greek classical archaeologist. He was born in Thracian Stenimachos, Ottoman Empire (present-day Asenovgrad in Bulgaria) and attended Zariphios high school in Plovd ...
in 1898.
Gallery
File:Idol EC II NAMA 080769.jpg
File:Chalice, Cycladic marble cup, 2700-2200 BC, BM, GR 1912,6-26,11, 154382.jpg
File:Frying_pan_Syros_Louvre_CA2991.jpg
File:Rhyton pig ECII NAMA N6176 080765.jpg
See also
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History of the Cyclades
The Cyclades (Greek: Κυκλάδες ''Kykládes'') are Greek islands located in the southern part of the Aegean Sea. The archipelago contains some 2,200 islands, islets and rocks; just 33 islands are inhabited. For the ancients, they formed a c ...
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Cycladic art
The ancient Cycladic culture flourished in the islands of the Aegean Sea from c. 3300 to 1100 BCE. Along with the Minoan civilization and Mycenaean Greece, the Cycladic people are counted among the three major Aegean cultures. Cycladic art therefo ...
References
External links
J.J. Hekman, ''The early Bronze Age cemetery at Chalandriani on Syros (Cyclades, Greece)''
Cycladic civilization
Bronze Age sites in Greece
Archaeological sites on the Aegean Islands
Syros
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