Lera -Touchais (2003) pp. 599-603. The Neolithic period in the Balkans does not begin until about 6000 BCE. Despite the absence of pottery, the wooden elements suggest the existence of a sedentary settlement at this early date. For this reason level 13 is believed to represent the beginnings of the Early Neolithic, even though the two available radiocarbon dates are about 500 years older than the earliest dates for the beginnings of Neolithic culture in the Balkans and Northern Greece. See also Allen -Gjipali (2014) especially pp. 108-109 and tab. 1. 8 Lera -Touchais (2003) fig. 30. Periods according to the terminology used in Albania.

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The Sanctuary of Artemis Amarysia in Amarynthos was the most renowned shrine of the Eretrian polis, and its annual festival, the Artemisia, drew large crowds from Euboea and beyond. Yet, despite its regional fame and prominence, its remains have eluded archaeological identification. As a result, the location of the Artemision has been a vexed question in Euboean studies for over a century. Between 2003 and 2007, however, a new impetus was given to its localization. In collaboration with the Ephorate of Antiquities of Euboea, the Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece (ESAG) carried out a large-scale geophysical survey in the area of Amarynthos, some 11km east of Eretria, at the foot of a hill locally known as Paleoekklisies (or Paleochora). The ensuing trial trenches were followed by systematic excavation that eventually led to the discovery of substantial buildings. We suggest that these buildings are part of a monumental complex that should be identified as the Sanctuary of Artemis Amarysia (see afterword).

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