19-28

• Chidiroglou, M.

This paper offers a brief outline of the results of the salvage excavations undertaken in recent years by the 11th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities (IA EPKA) in the area of Lefka, Nea Styra, together with a brief description of surface finds in the regionof Styra. A more extensive archaeological description and topographical assessment of all known sites, including farm houses, towers, possible sanctuaries, tombs and quarrying areas will be provided in a forthcoming larger study by the author. The briefassessment of old and new data presented here is given as a preliminary summary of the topography of the ancient demos of Styra, which, according to inscriptional data, was incorporated in the Eretrian territory, during the last years of the 5th century B.C.

• History and Archaeology

• Αρχαιολογία

Styra, Lefka, Nimborio, Messochoria, Aghios Nikolaos fortification, bronze serpent column, Dragon Houses, farm houses, towers, quarries, Claudianus, cemeteries, Classical, Hellenistic and Roman periods