Stone Age
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Franchthi Cave History
Read more: Franchthi Cave HistoryFranchthi Cave (Φράγχθι Σπήλαιον) in Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece offers a rich unbroken record of human habitation from the Paleolithic era (at least since 38000 BCE) to the end of the Neolithic period and beyond. Location Francthi Cave is…
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Franchthi Cave
Read more: Franchthi CaveFranchthi Cave (Φράγχθι Σπήλαιον) is an archaeological site in Argolis, Peloponnese. The cave is the best know of a very small collection of Stone Age sites in Greece. Excavations have revealed a rich unbroken record of human habitation…
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National Archaeological Museum in Athens: Stone and Bronze Age 4000 – 1100 BCE
Read more: National Archaeological Museum in Athens: Stone and Bronze Age 4000 – 1100 BCEThe National Archaeological Museum in Athens exhibits some of the best examples of Neolithic and Bronze Age artifacts from the Aegean and Helladic civilizations found in excavations across the country. Neolithic Era Top row, left to right: Second…
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Asprochaliko
Read more: AsprochalikoThe Paleolitchic rock shelter known as Ασπροχάλικο (Asprochaliko), is a small archaeological site in Epirus, Greece. According to the information on the site, this rock shelter was excavated between 1964 and 1966 and has a 6-meter sequence of…
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History of Greece: The Stone Age
Read more: History of Greece: The Stone AgeEarliest Humans The earliest evidence of habitation in Greece comes in the form of a skull found in the Petralona Cave in Halikidiki. The cranium has been difficult to date, with some estimates indicating that it is about…
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Dimini Neolithic Archaeological Site
Read more: Dimini Neolithic Archaeological SiteDimini (Δίμηνι), is a Neolithic settlement in central Greece, near the Mesolithic settlement of Sesclo, and west of the modern city of Volos, in Thessaly, Greece. The excavations on the low hill revealed an extensive stone age settlement that…