The Fifth International Meeting on the Archaeology of Paros and the Cyclades was organized by the Institute for Archaeology of Paros and the Cyclades, with co-organisers the Municipality of Paros and the Cultural Society “Archilochos”. It was held at Paroikia, Paros, Greece, 21 – 24/6/2021.  The theme of the conference was “Paros through the ages: from prehistoric times to the 16th century” and the aim to gather together the scholars from several scientific fields (archaeology, history, art, geology, geophysics etc) to present the results of recent studies on Paros, Antiparos and Despotiko Islands.

ΑΚΤES contributed four original presentations, of which one in collaboration with the Geoswim Programme and the University of Trieste (Italy) and one in collaboration with the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome (Italy), the University of Bari Aldo Moro (Italy) and the LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université (France). All presentations were approved by the Scientific Committee for publication as full papers in the proceedings of the conference (2021).

Presentations

• Flooding scenarios for 2050 and 2100 for Paroikia Bay, Paros island (Cyclades): a preliminary report (by: Dr Eleni Kolaiti, Dr Marco Anzidei, Dr Giovanni Scicchitano, Dr Antonio Vecchio and Dr Nikos Mourtzas)
• Marine transgression during the Late Holocene along the coast of Paros Island (Cyclades, Greece) (by: Dr Nikos Mourtzas and Dr Eleni Kolaiti)
• Archaeological indicators of the relative sea level change along the coast of Paros (Cyclades, Greece) (by: Dr Eleni Kolaiti and Dr Nikos Mourtzas)
• The Geoswim Coastal Surveys of Paros Island, Cyclades (Greece) (by: Dr Stefano Furlani, Dr Eleni Kolaiti, Fabrizio Antonioli et al.)