The site was excavated during the years 1964-65 by John Davies Evans and Colin Renfrew from the British School at Athens.

[3] Saliagos is only 110 to 70 meters in size and is situated between Antiparos (ancient Oliaros) and Paros, along with several other uninhabited islands.

This land link existed as late as the Byzantine period and has since been submerged by rising sea levels.

The ceramic vessels found are made of local clay; about 12% have smoothed surfaces and are interpreted as tableware.

The colour of the clay varies from yellow and shades of brown to dark gray, with the majority of the vessels featuring matt white markings.

Sheep and goats, and to a lesser extent cattle and pigs, provided the residents with meat, wool and milk.

Individual surface finds in Mavrispilia on Mykonos, Vouni on Antiparos and Agrilia in Melos are more closely related to Saliagos.

For a long time, Saliagos was the only Neolithic settlement in the Aegean Islands with recorded farming.