Koukonesi
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Aegean Sea. |
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Aegean Sea island from Cape Sounion. |
Koukonesi is a small island, situated in the Moudros harbour, west of
Poliochne in the
Aegean Sea. The island is a very important
archaeological find due to its possible links with
Troy. It has been found that Koukonesi towns are of the same
chronological period with some of the cities of Troy. The best preserved settlements found on Koukonesi are from the Middle
Bronze Age,
2000 BC —
1650 BC. The findings have shown that Koukonsei's inhabitants had close commercial relations with
Asia Minor, other Aegean Sea islands and mainland
Greece. Greek archaeologists also discovered
Mycenaean ceramics of the late
13th century BC which may prove that a permanent
settlement was established around the epoch of the
Trojan war.
