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GREECE PELOPONNESE ARGOLIS ASINE ACROPOLIS

walls of Asine walls of Asine
walls of Asine walls of Asine
Asine steps and sieve

Excavations were conducted by the Swedish Archaeological Institute in 1922-30 on the acropolis, in the Lower Town and on Barbouna hill. This work was continued from the 1970s onward by Swedish and Greek archaeologists. - In 2017 the acropolis had become an organized site with footpaths and information signs.

Above right: A sieve used in the early Swedish excavations. - Below left: Foundations of an Early Helladic house in the Lower Town. - Below right and below that: Cisterns on the acropolis, meanwhile most of them secured.

Early Helladic house ancient Asine
Asine cisterns
Asine cisterns