On this tiny uninhabited island -Koukonesi, Greek archaeologists unearthed a new bronze age settlement, turning it into a most important archaeological site in the Northeastern Aegean sea.
On Koukonesi, the best-preserved settlements are from the Middle Bronze Age (c. 2000-1650 BCE). This discovery is very important, first because Poliochne had declined by that period and second because Koukonesi towns are of the same chronological period with some of the cities of Troy. The findings on Koukonesi prove that its inhabitants had close commercial relations with Asia Minor, other Aegean Sea islands, and mainland Greece. It is hoped, therefore, that the study of the discoveries might provide scientists with answers to chronological problems encountered in Troy because of the problematic excavations conducted by amateur H. Schliemann in the late 19th century.
Koukonesi might be proven to be the exact analogy of Troy because the different settlements were built one on top of the other, a fact that might help scientists in understanding better the stratigraphy and chronology of the Trojan cities. The Greek archaeologists also discovered on Koukonesi Mycenaean ceramics of the late 13th c. BCE which might also prove that a permanent settlement was established around the epoch of the Trojan war. If it is proven that the Mycenaeans had established a settlement instead of just a commercial outpost then we might assume that they had also understood the importance of the Straits connecting the Aegean and the Black Sea which justifies the Trojan war from an archaeological point of view.