Kymissala: Archaeology – Education – Sustainability

Description

The area of Kymissala on the southwest coast of Rhodes is of great archaeological interest, as it conceals a large number of important archaeological sites belonging to the lesser known ancient deme of the Rhodian countryside, the deme of Kymissaleis. The region is also of exceptional environmental and ecological importance, as it has a particular biodiversity and is protected by the European ‘Natura 2000’ network of nature protection areas. Kymissala has systematically been researched during the past 10 years by the Kymissala Archaeological Research Project (KARP) inaugurated by the Department of Mediterranean Studies and the Ephorate of Antiquities of the Dodecanese in 2006. The research, escaping from its narrow academic and archaeological context and exploiting the comparative advantage of the region, may –and should– inter alia, intervene in a mild and sustainable manner in the promotion of the archaeological site of Kymissala. Its ultimate goal is to promote the antiquities of the area, its educational value and its historical and cultural continuity within a protected natural environment, in the context of an ecological-archaeological park. Under the title Kymissala: Archaeology – Education – Sustainability, fourteen original studies have been published, constituting the first complete presentation of the area of Kymissala and the work in progress, after ten years of systematic research, in terms of Archaeology, Education and Sustainable Development. Table of Contents EDITOR’S FORWORD 1 – KYMISSALA: TWO CENTURIES OF EXPLORATION AND RESEARCH – by Manolis I. Stefanakis 2 – KYMISSALEIS: ARCHAEOLOGY AND LANDSCAPE OF AN ANCIENT DEME IN THE RHODIAN COUNTRYSIDE – by Manolis I. Stefanakis 3 – Η ΝΕΚΡΌΠΟΛΗ ΤΗΣ ΚΥΜΙΣΆΛΑΣ. ΠΑΡΑΤΗΡΉΣΕΙΣ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΤΥΠΟΛΟΓΊΑ ΤΩΝ ΤΆΦΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΤΗ ΜΟΡΦΉ ΤΩΝ ΕΠΙΤΑΦΊΩΝ ΜΝΗΜΕΊΩΝ – by Βασιλική Πατσιαδά 4 – THE INSCRIPTIONS OF THE ANCIENT RHODIAN DEME OF KYMISSALEIS – by Anastasia Dreliossi-Herakleidou and Nikos Litinas 5 – Η ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΤΟΥ ΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΛΟΓΙΚΟΥ ΥΛΙΚΟΥ ΑΠΟ ΤΗ ΝΕΚΡΟΠΟΛΗ ΤΗΣ ΚΥΜΙΣΑΛΑΣ – by Χρυσή Μπούρμπου 6 – ΠΡΩΤΟΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΝΈΣ ΘΈΣΕΙΣ ΚΑΙ ΕΥΡΉΜΑΤΑ ΣΤΗΝ ΠΕΡΙΟΧΉ ΤΗΣ ΚΥΜΙΣΆΛΑΣ – by Νεκτάριος Ζάρρας 7 – Η ΤΕΧΝΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ ΣΥΜΒΟΛΗ ΤΟΥ ΕΡΓΑΣΤΗΡΙΟΥ ΦΩΤΟΓΡΑΜΜΕΤΡΙΑΣ ΤΟΥ ΕΘΝΙΚΟΥ ΜΕΤΣΟΒΙΟΥ ΠΟΛΥΤΕΧΝΕΙΟΥ ΣΤΗΝ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ ΕΡΕΥΝΑ ΤΗΣ ΚΥΜΙΣΑΛΑΣ – by Σεβαστή Ταπεινάκη, Ανδρέας Γεωργόπουλος, Γεώργιος Ν. Μακρής και Μανόλης Ι. Στεφανάκης 8 – Η ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΉ ΘΕΩΡΊΑ ΣΤΗΝ ΑΝΑΣΚΑΦΉ ΤΗΣ ΚΥΜΙΣΆΛΑΣ – by Κωνσταντίνος Καλογερόπουλος 9 – THE PHENOMENON OF ILLEGAL EXCAVATIONS AND LOOTING OF CULTURAL RESOURCES FROM THE AREA OF KYMISSALA – by Eftychia Manousaki 10 – Η ΑΝΑΣΚΑΦΗ ΤΗΣ ΚΥΜΙΣΑΛΑΣ ΩΣ ΜΕΣΟ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΗΣ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΣΗΣ, ΕΥΑΙΣΘΗΤΟΠΟΙΗΣΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΦΥΠΝΙΣΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΜΙΚΗΣ ΣΥΝΕΙΔΗΣΗΣ – by Ευαγγελία Δημητρίου 11 – ΚΥΜΙΣΑΛΑ: ΤΟΠΟΣ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΣΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΚΗΣΗΣ ΝΕΩΝ ΜΗΧΑΝΙΚΩΝ – by Ανδρέας Γεωργόπουλος 12 – Η ΕΚΠΑΊ ΔΕΥΣΗ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΑΕΙΦΌΡΟ ΑΝΆΠΤΥΞΗ ΣΤΑ ΜΟΝΟΠΆΤΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΚΥΜΙΣΆΛΑΣ – by Δημήτριος Κολοκυθάς 13 – ΤΟ ΦΥΣΙΚΟ ΠΕΡΙΒΑΛΛΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΚΥΜΙΣΑΛΑΣ – by Θωμαΐς Βεργωτή 14 – PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE: THE MULTIDIMENSIONAL IMPORTANCE FOR PROMOTING KYMISSALA – by Manolis, I. Stefanakis