Lecture by Zisis Bonias & Jacques Perreault, “From Colony to City: excavations at Ancient Argilos”

50th Anniversary Lecture Series

Dr. Zisis Bonias (Επίτιμος Έφορος Αρχαιοτήτων) & Dr. Jacques Perreault (Professeur titulaire, Université de Montréal; Director, Canadian Institute in Greece)

“From Colony to City: excavations at Ancient Argilos”

For the past 35 years, the Greek-Canadian Archaeological Mission at Argilos has been investigating the archaeology and history of this Andrian colony, founded in the mid-seventh century BCE in the Lower Strymon region. Excavations in the agora and eastern gate areas have uncovered commercial, residential, and cultic buildings that highlight the city’s economic vitality and document its transformation from a colonial settlement into an independent city-state.

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