What is it about?
During WW II, much damage was affllicted to archaeological sites on the island of Crete by the occupying forces. Some of the sites were not known at the time. Moreover, illegal excavations were made by the German forces.
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Why is it important?
The paper advocates for a 'warchaeology', an inventory of WW II sites (especially gunposts, but also theaters etc.) that are rapidly disappearing from the coastal areas of the island because of rising tourism demands.
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This page is a summary of: Never-Never Land under Attack: Axis War Damage to Cretan Antiquities, July 2024, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1163/9789004699984_011.
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