Daskalio ( el, Δασκαλιό) is a tiny, uninhabited

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islet An islet is a very small, often unnamed island. Most definitions are not precise, but some suggest that an islet has little or no vegetation and cannot support human habitation. It may be made of rock, sand and/or hard coral; may be permanent ...

in the

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just off the west coast of the larger island

Keros Keros ( el, Κέρος; anciently, Keria or Kereia ( grc, Κέρεια) is an uninhabited and unpopulated Greece, Greek island in the Cyclades about southeast of Naxos Island, Naxos. Administratively it is part of the Communities and Municipali ...

, approximately 150 metres in diameter. Formerly, it was a promontory of Keros.

Archeology

The islet is believed to have been a religious center with numerous shrines and votive offerings, including intentionally broken statues, 1,500 imported stone disks, and 700 imported white pebbles. Excavation by the Cambridge Keros Project, a joint endeavour of the University of Cambridge, the Ephorate of Antiquities of Cyclades, and the Cyprus Institute, in 2008 revealed a large Bronze Age settlement and ten years later researches from the university found evidence of advanced metalworking workshops there, dating from 2500 BCE. The island was extensively terraced with over 10,000 tons of marble quarried on the island Naxos, six miles distant, enhancing its pyramidal shape. The lower levels featured a complex plumbing system of water conduits, among the oldest in Europe. Plant remains in soil samples included grapes, olives, figs, almonds, emmer wheat and barley, likely imported from more arable locations.

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