This paper presents an archaeological survey of the island of Polyaigos, undertaken in 2022 by the Small Cycladic Islands Project (SCIP). Since 2019 SCIP has surveyed 45 uninhabited islands in the Aegean, most of which are well under 1 square kilometer in size. In order to address research questions concerning the relationship between island size and intensity of use, it was important also to include larger islands in the study. At 18 square kilometers in size, Polyaigos is the largest uninhabited island in the Aegean. SCIP used a layered approach to survey across different spatial scales: island-wide lidar analysis and ground truthing, sample-based intensive fieldwalking, and site-based gridded collection, drone survey, and architectural documentation. This lecture examines the results of these forms of data collection side-by-side, in order to examine their contributions to the long-term history of an archaeological landscape on multiple scales. Marginality and connectivity emerge as themes of particular importance, which vary considerably over time based on local developments on Polyaigos itself, the regional context of the southern Cyclades, and the wider Aegean and eastern Mediterranean networks of which Polyaigos was (at times) a part.

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