Editing Syros (section)

===Kastri culture===
The history of settlement on Syros goes back at least 5,000 years, to the [[Early Bronze Age]] of the [[Cycladic civilization]]. This is when the hill-top settlement of {{ill|Kastri (Syros)|lt=Kastri|el|Καστρί Σύρου|la|Castrium (Syros)}} began. Archaeologists describe Early Cycladic III (ECIII) culture as [[Kastri culture]]. It had links with the Anatolian Trade Network, connected with [[Limantepe]] in Asia Minor.

Kastri, dated by archaeologists to 2800-2300 BC, was one of the earliest settlements in Greece that were protected by stone walls with rounded bastions. Also the cemetery of [[Chalandriani]] is associated with Kastri. Inside the fortification, the houses shared party walls and were packed close together. It is estimated that the fortified town was home to up to 300 people.

The site was first discovered and excavated in 1898 by [[Christos Tsountas]], the "father of Cycladic research". Kastri had some of the earliest metalwork in the region, and also some of the earliest use of [[potter's wheel]].