I believe that even if FURGO's research prove that a angient channel existed between paliki peninsula and the rest of modern kefalonia ,it will not be enough for many people who do not accept such a theory. To convince them it will take hard evidence that only a archaological research could provide.
I do not know in what stage the geological research is and when final conclusions will be made, but i believe that a parallel ,small scale ,archaological research could be conducted to spesific areas like the Homeric port of Ithaca to prove the existance of ancient structures.
The typical archaological research would need permission from authorities but i believe the application of Magnetic Prospecting will save money and time.This technic has succesfully been used in the past in archaological sights like Troy in order to find the limits of Homer's Troy.
I know that archaological research is the second stage of your effort to prove this theory but i think that archaological evidence (from the application of Magnetic Prospecting) will add
strong arguments to your theory.

Hello Talos,

I follow your contributions with interest. However, I cannot see what results magnetic research will provide. To my knowledge such survey is used only to locate metallic items, like cannons of medieval ships. A survey with acoustic subbottom profiler could be interesting to locate underwater construction works... however... let’s not forget the seabed was raised by some 6 meters during the last 3000 years... Maybe just shallow water diver research would suffice.

magnetic imaging have been used in archaological reaserch in the area of Troy with very good results
This technic can help to determine if ancient structures exist under the surface.

see youtube: The Truth of Troy - BBC Documentary 2/5

Hello Talos,

I agree with you. But where to start? At the beginning of the classical period the ideal Greek harbour had moles (chomata) to provide a safe anchorage (hormos). A commercial harbour (empirion) had quays, open sheds (neosoikoi) and warehouses, whereas a naval base (neorion) had boathouses (neosoikoi) and gear sheds (skeuothekai or hoplothekai). Defence towers stood at the seaward end of the moles and, being brought within the circuit of the town wall, made it a protected harbour (limen kleistos). In fact, several cities in the Classical period went so far as to join harbours to their cities with long walls.
In the Late Bronze Age port of Ithaca all of this must have been there, on a limited scale. There must have been breakwaters to enable the ships to enter the port during the process of retreating waterlines caused by the raise of the seabed and the silting. Also the town must have followed the retreating water lines, so the oldest parts will be furthest inshore....

It is strange to realize that the remains of the moles, defence towers and extended town wall are now onshore, the stones being mostly reused in the stonewalls of the salines in Argostoli Bay and in other buildings or structures in Lixuri. Anyway, there seems to be logic in searching for an old Polis in a territory called Paleis on an island called Paliki in a same way as you would expect to find defence towers on an island called Vardiani. In my language Paleis means Palace anyway.
Upper Floor, Subterranean Mycenaean Burial Chamber: Grave Sites & Stone Stairway (circa 1300-1100 B.C.) Leading Down to Final, Lower Level; Poros, Kefalonia
photo: C.Carayannis 2007