Saliagos

Saliagos is an islet in the Greek island group of Cyclades [1]. It is the first early farming site and one of the oldest settlements of the Cycladic culture [1]. The settlement is dated to the middle to late Neolithic period [1]. The site was excavated during the years 1964-65 by John Davies Evans and Colin Renfrew from the British School at Athens [1]. Saliagos is only 70-110 meters in area and is situated between Antiparos and Paros and surrounded by other small, uninhabited islands [1]. The site also has one of the earliest fortification systems in Greece [1]. A very large number and wide variety of obsidian tools were found on Saliagos [1]. The tools were made on the island, itself; the obsidian used came almost exclusively from the island of Milos, 60 km away, but also occasionally from Gyali in the Dodecanese, which indicates trade connections of almost 200 km in distance [1].