On the Kokkinokastro peninsula, a seasonal habitation during the Bronze Age was attested, based on pottery, between the early and middle Bronze Age. In the lower layer of the Bronze Age, part of a hearth, probably of a seasonal nature, with strong traces of burning was found.
It was also found both in the surface layers and in the layers of the Bronze Age the mixing of Paleolithic and Neolithic tools, ceramics of the classical and Hellenistic periods, which should be due to their transfer from their primary deposits, which took place before the islet was cut off from the trunk of Alonissos.
Also, following recent excavations, archaeologists brought to light one of the two ancient cities of Ikos, which was located on the same peninsula.
In the classical years, the city was fortified with walls that have survived to this day and are notable for their impressive construction.
Buildings, squares, temples and cemeteries were also discovered, where they buried the beloved dead. Extreme geological phenomena of antiquity contributed, it seems, to the change of the morphology of the peninsula, as a large part of it has now been submerged in the sea.
In this specific archaeological site, abundant pottery from the 4th century BC has been discovered. as well as parts of the tiles of the roofed buildings. The construction remains of the buildings give us the image of a spatially organized settlement of the classical times.
Editor: Fotini Anastasopoulou