Assiros

Assiros Άσσηρος
Location
Assiros
Coordinates	40°49′N 23°2′E
Location within the regional unit
Government
Country:	Greece
Region:	Central Macedonia
Regional unit:	Thessaloniki
Municipality:	Lagkadas
Population statistics (as of 2001)
Municipal unit
- Population:	3,861
Other
Time zone:	EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)

Assiros (Greek: Άσσηρος, formerly Guvesne, Bulgarian: Гроздово, Grozdovo) is a village and a former municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lagkadas, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 3,861 (2001).

The archaeological site of Assiros Toumba, a 4000 yr old settlement mound, is located within the territory of modern Assiros. Excavation between 1975 and 1989 at this site has made a major contribution to understanding the nature of settlement, society, economy and material culture in prehistoric Macedonia. In addition a combination of radiocarbon and dendrochronological research on building timbers recovered from the site has provided one of the few accurate dates for the transition from Bronze to Iron Age in the Aegean area c. 1070 BC.

See also

Toumba

References

• Assiros Project web pages
• Thracians and Mycenaeans: Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress [1]
• The Oxford Illustrated History of Prehistoric Europe by Barry W. Cunliffe [2]
• Urbanism in the Aegean Bronze Age by Keith Branigan [3]
• Official site of the Demos (Municipality) of Assiros
• Catalogue of archaeological sites in the Demos of Assiros