Peristera Wreck — Late Classical Amphora Mountain Reef Alonissos
Late Classical (c.425–400 BCE) Athenian wine cargo 25 m·Classical Greek Alonissos merchant 400 BCE·🇬🇷 Aegean, Northern Sporades, Alonissos island, Peristera islet reef, SE Alonissos National Marine Park, Greece
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About Peristera Wreck — Late Classical Amphora Mountain Reef Alonissos
Peristera excavated by Elpida Hadjidaki, underwater museum 26 m. Recorded context — Period: Late Classical (c.425–400 BCE) Athenian wine cargo 25 m; Culture: Classical Greek Alonissos merchant 400 BCE; Field status: excavated; Materials: pine hull, Mendean amphorae 4000, black glaze cups; Condition: submerged museum — first underwater museum 2020.
Why it mattersKey Classical Greek Alonissos merchant 400 BCE submerged-city with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Function of enclosure
- 02Chronology and phasing
Theories
- 01Observatory
- 02Elite residence
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 425 BCE wreck with 4000 amphorae (Thasos, Mende, Peparethos wine)
- Period
- Late Classical (c.425–400 BCE) Athenian wine cargo 25 m
- Culture
- Classical Greek Alonissos merchant 400 BCE
- Purpose
- Greatest Classical wreck (25 m hull with 4000 amphorae stack 6 layers, 420 m²) — Peristera 425 BCE 'Titanic' cargo 126 t wine
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1885
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 800 CE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Peristera Wreck — Late Classical Amphora Mountain Reef Alonissos
1990 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Peristera Wreck — Late Classical Amphora Mountain Reef Alonissos
c. 425 BCE wreck with 4000 amphorae (Thasos, Mende, Peparethos wine)
Initial construction / first occupation at Peristera Wreck — Late Classical Amphora Mountain Reef Alonissos
On the ground
Structures & features
39.1970° N · 24.1180° E · -30 m · 4 mapped features
- Peristera Wreck — Late Classical Amphora Mountain Reef Alonissos — Principal Harbourharbourharbour at Peristera Wreck — Late Classical Amphora Mountain Reef Alonissos — primary structure39.1981° N · 24.1177° E
- Peristera Wreck — Late Classical Amphora Mountain Reef Alonissos — Northern Wallwallwall at Peristera Wreck — Late Classical Amphora Mountain Reef Alonissos — subsidiary complex39.1967° N · 24.1182° E
- Peristera Wreck — Late Classical Amphora Mountain Reef Alonissos — Temple Annex 3templetemple at Peristera Wreck — Late Classical Amphora Mountain Reef Alonissos — outlier feature39.1981° N · 24.1162° E
- Peristera Wreck — Late Classical Amphora Mountain Reef Alonissos — Eastern Harbourharbourharbour at Peristera Wreck — Late Classical Amphora Mountain Reef Alonissos — outlier feature39.1969° N · 24.1192° E