Overview
The site of the excavation has revealed a religious complex with visible architectural elements of the Hellenistic and Roman periods. It consists of shrines and stoas, suggesting that it has acted as the religious centre for this region. The life of the site is much older with occupation already in the Early and Late Bronze Age and a continuous one from the Geometric period onwards. The site had become a major habitation area during the Late Antiquity and has provided important information for this obscure period. The systematic survey that has been conducted has revealed the different settlement patterns and the various ways of exploitation of the rich arable land as well as hilly areas. Settlements, shrines and cemeteries have been identified, enriching our understanding of the land use outside its urban centre.
Publications
Georgiadis M. 2012. Kos in the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age: the Halasarna material and the settlement pattern in the Aegean islands, INSTAP Academic Press, Philadelphia.
Georgiadis M. 2008. ‘Kos in the Bronze Age’, Dioskouri, C. Gallou, M. Georgiadis and G. Muskett (eds.), [BAR International Series 1889], Oxford: 228-236.
Georgiadis M. 2005-6. ‘A Preliminary Report on the Prehistoric evidence from the Halasarna Survey Project, Kos’, Aegean Archaeology 8: 1-13.
Public engagement
Halasarna is an open access archaeological site for the public, locals and tourists, to visit and see the remains without any fee. Furthermore, the principal investigators of the site have produced a guide book for the site explaining the significance of Halasarna, describing the architectural remains and some of the most important finds.
Project team
Prof. Georgia Kokkorou-Alevra
Prof. Sophia Kalopissi-Verti
Prof. Maria-Apfroditi Panayiotidi
Dr Konstantinos Kopanias
Dr Mercourios Georgiadis, University of Notitngham
The Halasarna Archaeological Programme is supported by the Pythagoras and Thales European Union funding schemes.