The Figurines from Dhaskalio. (Digital Supplementary Material to "The settlement at Dhaskalio: The sanctuary on Keros and the origins of Aegean ritual practice. Volume I")

This book is Volume I in the series ‘The sanctuary on Keros and the origins of Aegean ritual practice: the excavations of 2006–2008’. The volume presents the findings from the well-stratified settlement of Dhaskalio, today an islet near the Cycladic island of Keros, Greece. A series of radiocarbon dates situates the duration of the settlement from around 2750 to 2300 BC. The book begins with a discussion of the geological setting of Keros and of sea-level change, concluding that Dhaskalio was, in the third millennium BC, linked to Keros by a narrow causeway. The excavation and finds (excluding the pottery, discussed in later volumes) are fully documented, with consideration of stratigraphy, geomorphology, organic remains, and the evidence for metallurgy. It is concluded that there was a small permanent population of around 20, increased periodically by up to 400 visitors who would have participated in the rituals of deposition occurring at the Sanctuary at Kavos, situated opposite, on Keros itself, for which the detailed evidence (including abundant fragmented pottery, marble vessels and sculptures) will be presented in Volumes II and III. The Supplementary Material, originally made available on a DVD affixed within the printed volume, consists of 6,213 images, 48 tables and 1 plan, as well as an appendix to Chapter 15 and a fuller version of the catalogue presented in Chapter 30. The material is organized in zipped folders named for the chapter in the book to which the material contained therein relates. A full description of these folders is provided in the "Contents" pdf.