Kastraki: A New Settlement of the Bronze Age, in the Achaea Phthiotis

A new site situated south of the plain of the modern city of Almyros in the periphery of Achaea Phthiotis, has recently been excavated. The settlement is situated between two areas well known in the bibliography, for their settlements and finds dating to Neolithic, Chalcolithic and Bronze age periods. I refer to the coastal area of Volos to the north, with the three big settlements (Palia, Pefkakia, Dimini) and the Spercheios valley to the south, where the famous settlement of Lianokladi is situated.

The new site, kastraki, is an inland installation in a very opportune site, above a hill which dominates the passages to the mount Othrys, the plain and it has optical connection with the Pagasitic golf. We will mention the characteristics of the architectural remains and their similarities to others of the central and south Greece, the pottery and the characte of the settlement as it is arrised from the finds.