Historical Geography
Principal Investigators:
John Bennet (Oxford)
Siriol Davies (Stirling)
Debi Harlan (Oxford)
| View of Chora, where the Kytheran
historical archives are located. The Venetian fortress is visible,
and in the background, a well-known mariner's landmark, the
islet of Avgo. Photography by C. Broodbank 2001. |
Kythera has extensive historical archives from the Venetian and British
periods, including detailed censuses, notarial records and births, marriages
and deaths registers. In fact, the Venetian to Recent period offers
an exceptional opportunity to integrate the findings and research agendas
of a range of KIP specialists, in archival studies, ceramic analysis,
geoarchaeology and GIS.
With this embarasssment of riches, research necessarily focuses on
selective issues, such as land holding patterns, toponyms, the location
and mobility of people, and the degrees, loci and nature of off-island
contacts.
The menu above right provides more detailed examples of KIP archival
research.
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