Poliochne
Sign in to savePoliochne, often cited under its modern name Poliochni (), was an ancient settlement on the east coast of the island of Lemnos. It was settled in the Late Chalcolithic and earliest Aegean Bronze Age and is believed to be one of the most ancient towns in Europe, preceding Troy I. Anatolian features of the earliest layers were affected by cultural influences from Helladic Greece, about the start of Early Helladic II, ca. 2500 BC.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Poliochne
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- Poliochni
- Ancient site.image
- Poliochne.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- Remains of building walls at Poliochne
- Ancient site.map_type
- Greece
- Ancient site.location
- Poliochni, Lemnos, Greece
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.management
- 20th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities
- Ancient site.public_access
- Yes
- Ancient site.website
- Archaeological Site of Poliochni
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- Archaeology
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- Black Period
- Blue Period
- Green period
- Red period
- Yellow period
- Brown period
- Gallery
- See also
- Notes
- Bibliography
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Poliochne, often cited under its modern name Poliochni (), was an ancient settlement on the east coast of the island of Lemnos. It was settled in the Late Chalcolithic and earliest Aegean Bronze Age and is believed to be one of the most ancient towns in Europe, preceding Troy I. Anatolian features of the earliest layers were affected by cultural influences from Helladic Greece, about the start of Early Helladic II, ca. 2500 BC.
The site, with houses huddled together sharing party walls, was unearthed by excavations of the Italian School of Archaeology at Athens (Scuola archeologica Italiana di Athene), beginning in 1930. It is believed that Troy was its main rival commercially; a rivalry that led to the decline of Poliochne circa 2000 BC.