Syros
Kastri on Syros
The fortiffied settlement of Kastri (2500 - 2300 B.C.)
denotes a distinv unit of Cycladic civilisation, the
'Kastri group'. Its 100 - 150 inhabitants lived in small houses within the fortification wall.
A silver diadem may have belonged to a leading member of society
There was found a metallurgy workshop with full complement of tools
In pottery new shapes were introduced such as depas amhihypelion cup.
Their diet included sea-shells and limpets.
5234 : Unique silver diadem decorated
5236, 5237 : Moulds of stone and clay for the manufacture of bronze tools
5240 : Fragments of a large ceramic pot
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