Limenoscope - Ancient Hellenic Ports
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Lesvos – Eressos
 
 

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Main features
Region Aegean Sea  
Use Not defined  
Prosperity period (centuries) 4th B.C. - 7th A.D. 
Existence of contemporary port Yes  
Findings on site Yes  
General description
Technical features
Construction period (centuries) 4th B.C.  
Port configuration Outer Harbour, Artificial Harbour 
Change of sea surface elevation 1.5 m
Sedimentation Yes 
Outer port structures Moles 
Inner port structures Unknown 
Land facilities Uknown 
Port materials Crashed material, Carved stone 
Neotectonic history Unknown 
Neotectonic history Silting 
Function and operations
Sources
Author Yiannis Kourtzellis 
Editor Theotokis Theodoulou 
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