Pavlopetri

The submerged city of Pavlopetri (Greek: Παυλοπέτρι) is found in Vatika Bay, off the coast of southern Laconia in Peloponnese, Greece.

[citation needed] Pavlopetri is unique in having an almost complete town plan, including streets, buildings, and tombs.

Since then the sea level has risen and earthquakes have pushed the city down, making the gap between Elafonisos and Peloponnese larger.

[9] Sonar mapping techniques developed by military and oil prospecting organizations have aided recent work.

[9][12] Four more fieldwork sessions were planned in October 2009, in collaboration with the Greek government as a joint project aimed at excavations.

Also working alongside the archaeologists (from the University of Nottingham)[13] are a team from the Australian Centre for Field Robotics, who aim to take underwater archaeology into the 21st century.

One of the results of the survey was to establish that the town was the centre of a thriving textile industry (from the many loom weights found in the site).

Also many large pithari pots (pottery jars) from Crete were excavated, indicating a major trading port.

When Pavlopetri was built in the 4th millennium BC, it would have been about two or three meters above sea level which was normal for that time period and area.

[2] During excavation in the 2011 season, the team from The University of Nottingham discovered some original deposits that give them some information about the site.

These deposits displayed evidence that the people of Pavlopetri had trading relations with the nearby island Crete, inhabited by Minoans.

The final danger to Pavlopetri is a nearby power station and the construction of a gas pipeline that runs from the island of Crete to Peloponnese.

[15] After Pavlopetri gained more attention after the research done from 2009-2013 and it was announced that it is in danger, many people decided to get together and try to stop the pollution and damage that was being done.

One thing that they are trying to stop is the approving of a certain port regulation that would let large ships anchor in Vatika Bay.