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<p>The Greek Civil War began in 1946 after the end of the Second World War. It was the result of the struggle between the Left and the Right for primacy in the power vacuum left at the end of the war. The two forces that fought were, for the Right, the Greek National Army, the army of the official government, supported at the beginning by the United Kingdom and later the United States, and, for the Left, the Democratic Army of Greece, the military wing of the Greek Communist Party, assisted by the neighboring communist countries. The civil war ended in 1949 with the defeat of Democratic Army of Greece. Throughout the civil war, caves were used, principally by the guerrillas, as shelters, arms depots, places for the provisional care of the wounded, and even as well-organized hospitals. The main goal of our research is to preserve the historical memory of the use of these sites during the civil war through archaeological treatment of the rapidly deteriorating material traces of occupation found within the caves.</p>

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The Archaeology of the Greek Civil War: The Case of the Caves of Western Macedonia, Greece

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    2026年5月18日

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  • Agni Karadimou,
  • Michalis Kontos

摘要

The Greek Civil War began in 1946 after the end of the Second World War. It was the result of the struggle between the Left and the Right for primacy in the power vacuum left at the end of the war. The two forces that fought were, for the Right, the Greek National Army, the army of the official government, supported at the beginning by the United Kingdom and later the United States, and, for the Left, the Democratic Army of Greece, the military wing of the Greek Communist Party, assisted by the neighboring communist countries. The civil war ended in 1949 with the defeat of Democratic Army of Greece. Throughout the civil war, caves were used, principally by the guerrillas, as shelters, arms depots, places for the provisional care of the wounded, and even as well-organized hospitals. The main goal of our research is to preserve the historical memory of the use of these sites during the civil war through archaeological treatment of the rapidly deteriorating material traces of occupation found within the caves.