Keros
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| Keros Κέρος |
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| Geography | |
| Coordinates: | 36°53′N 25°39′E / 36.883°N 25.65°E |
| Island Chain: | Cyclades |
| Area:[1] | 15 km² (6 sq.mi.) |
| Highest Mountain: | Mt. Keros (43 m (141 ft)) |
| Government | |
 Greece |
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| Periphery: | South Aegean |
| Prefecture: | Cyclades |
| Capital: | Uninhabited |
| Statistics | |
| Population: | 0 (as of 2001) |
| Density: | 0 /km² (0 /sq.mi.) |
| Postal Code: | 843 00 |
| Area Code: | 22870 |
| License Code: | EM |
Keros (Greek: Κέρος) is an uninhabited Greek island in the Cyclades about 10 km (6 mi) southeast of Naxos. Administratively it is part of the community of Koufonisi. It has an area of 15 km2 (6 sq mi) and its highest point is 432 metres (1,417 ft). It was an important site to the Cycladic civilization that flourished around 2500 BC.
Keros is especially noted for the flat-faced marble statues which later inspired the work of Pablo Picasso and Henry Moore.
In 2006 and 2007, the Cambridge Keros Project, co-directed by Colin Renfrew and Michael Boyd, conducted excavations at Kavos on the west coast of the island[2]. This site is believed to be the source of the so-called "Keros Hoard" of fragmentary Cycladic figurines[3]. In 2008, the same project identified a substantial Cycladic period settlement on the nearby island of Dhaskalio.
[edit] References
- ^ "Basic Characteristics". Ministry of the Interior. www.ypes.gr. http://www.ypes.gr/topiki.htm. Retrieved on 2007-08-07.
- ^ "The Cambridge Keros Project". http://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/keros. Retrieved on 2009-01-27.
- ^ "The Keros Hoard: Some Further Discussion". http://www.ajaonline.org/index.php?ptype=content&aid=318. Retrieved on 2009-01-27.
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Coordinates: 36°53′N 25°39′E / 36.883°N 25.65°E
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