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submitted by George Poulos on 03.12.2004

Barbarossa. References from the web.



The following are references to Barbarossa from the web.

http://www.cindyvallar.com/havens2.html

Notorious Pirate Havens Around the World

By Cindy Vallar


"Pirate havens have existed throughout the world and throughout history. The Barbary corsairs favored Algiers, Morocco, Tripoli, and Tunis for their havens. Technically privateers, these corsairs attacked ships and settlements ...

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submitted by George Poulos on 28.04.2004

Paliohora -THE AUSTRALIAN PALIOCHORA-KYTHERA ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY - The Team

THE TEAM

The project has assembled a team with a very broad range of skills, as well as specialists in the archaeology of the region and archaeologists with close community ties to the area.

Dr Ian Johnson has been involved in the computerisation of archaeological data for many years and, specifically, the development of computerised methods of survey data recording through his own fieldwork and participation in the Sydney Cyprus Survey Project. As Director of the Sydney ...

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submitted by George Poulos on 28.04.2004

Paliohora -THE AUSTRALIAN PALIOCHORA-KYTHERA ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY - The Relevance of Paliohora

THE RELEVANCE OF PALIOCHORA

Paliochora is of great relevance on many levels. Some aspects of its significance are outlined below

Research Significance

At the local level, the project will produce information that will help to elucidate one of the most perplexing problems in the history of Kythera: why the area of Paliochora was not settled until ca. 1000 AD, and why it was abandoned some time after the sack, and why it remained abandoned thereafter.

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submitted by George Poulos on 28.04.2004

Paliohora -THE AUSTRALIAN PALIOCHORA-KYTHERA ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY - Questions, or the Mission Statement

QUESTIONS

A thoughtful visitor meandering through the lanes of Paliochora stopping at one of the twenty-two churches identified within the town walls may ask: "Why does there appear to be more churches than houses in this town?" Standing on the edge of the precipice over looking Kako Lagadi, gazing over a landscape of twisted gullies, cliffs and derelict stone terraces the question asked is: "Who chose to build a town in a comer of the island, hidden from the sea, and why?".