A port settlement sitting on rugged white hills on the western coast of Karpathos, Leukos has been proposed to be the fourth city of the Hellenistic to Classical period tetrapolis on the island (Nelson et al 2015: 321–322). However the earliest archaeological evidence around the site dates to the first c. CE. What is certain is that the town, which consists of "consists of three natural and sandy harbors, two peninsulas, a fortified promontory (Sokastro)" (LSP: the Leukos Survey Project) flourished as a Christian trade hub (though perhaps not a large-scale manufacturer) in the 4–7th c. in large part due to the aforementioned geographical advantages and its position on intersecting shipping lanes.
Begg, I.; Nelson, M.; Brenningmeyer, T.; and Kelly, A. "The Leukos Survey Project, Report on the 2010 Field Season", 2010. LSP: The Leukos Survey Project, http://people.qc.cuny.edu/Faculty/Michael.Nelson/Documents/LSP-2010-Season-Report.pdf, 1-10, 2/25/2024
Nelson, M.C.; Kelly, A.; Begg, D.J.; and Brenningmeyer, T. "The Early Byzantine Settlement at Leukos, Karpathos" The Annual of the British School at Athens 110 (2015), 321-367
Begg, I.; Nelson, M.; and Brenningmeyer, T. "The Leukos Survey Project, Report on the 2009 Field Season", 2009. LSP: The Leukos Survey Project, http://people.qc.cuny.edu/Faculty/Michael.Nelson/Documents/LSP-2009-Season-Report.pdf, 1-8, 2/25/2024
Begg, I.; Nelson, M.; Brenningmeyer, T.; and Kelly, A. "The Leukos Survey Project, Report on the 2011 Field Season", 2011. LSP: The Leukos Survey Project, http://people.qc.cuny.edu/Faculty/Michael.Nelson/Documents/LSP-2011-Season-Report.pdf, 1-9, 2/25/2024
Site: Leukos (Greece/Cyclades), Contributor(s): ; The Levantine Ceramics Project, accessed on 02 May 2025, https://www.levantineceramics.org/sites/2704-leukos.
