Kastros

Kastros is an early Neolithic settlement in Cyprus [1]. Kastros lies at the north-easternmost tip of the Karpas Peninsula, about 4 km north of Apostolos Andreas Monastery [1]. The settlement is situated on a little plateau at the steep flank of the limestone promontory, about halfway between the main plateau of the peninsula and the sea in a very inaccessible location [1]. Between 1970 and 1973 three campaigns of excavations were conducted by a French team headed by Alain Le Brun [1]. The settlement consists of small round or roundish houses [1]. The houses contain a hearth and sometimes container-bins in the floor [1]. The site belongs to the aceramic Neolithic and dates to the 6th Millennium BC [1]. The carbonised remains of einkorn, emmer and some barley have been found [1].