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Poliochne was a ancient settlement on the east cost of the island of Lemos. It was one of the earliest urban settlements in the Aegean
The location overlooks the Turkish coast (near ancient Troy)Poliochne is strategically placed for Aegean-Anatolian interaction. Archaeological remains of farming settlements are evident in tells (mounds composed of mudbricks that were used in the construction of houses)The site indicates the beginning of agriculture and the domestication of livestock. It was unearthed by excavations of the ItalianSchool…
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Orthopetra or Dikili Tash (upright stone in Turkish), is a significant neolithic site is in NE Greece. It contained many artifacts. Including a domestic oven measuring 1.5 meters long
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > A well known neolithic archaeological site is located in northern Greece. Near the town of Philippi. This site is notable for its long and continuous occupation, dating back to the early Neolithic period. Around 8400 years ago Dikili Tash is one…
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One of the earliest sites in Macedonia, is a settlement called Nea Nikomedeia. It is 11 kilometres NE of Veroia, in the NNW of Greece
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > In the 1960s, the British school at Athens brought to light a large settlement. Possibly housing 500-700 people. More than 8,000 years ago (1)(2)It was called Nea Nikomedeia. The site was originally situated on the shores of the Thermaic gulf, or…
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Greece’s Sesklo culture was known for its location on the neolithic triptych
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > In Greece many thousand years ago, long habitation was known in the east east south. Due to the fertile arable soil, abundance of water, and direct access to both the sea and mountains. Using their strategic location, Sesklo excelled during the…
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On a rocky headland in northern Kea, Kephala was a small coastal settlement. Dated to nearly the bronze age, the broader Attica–Kephala culture continued to 3500 BCE
home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > One of the best-preserved Final Neolithic communities in the Cyclades existsRepresenting a later stage than Saliagos culture. It was slightly later, more complex and closer to Bronze age. They had small rectangular stone houses, tightly clusteredNo fortification wall like Saliagos. There was…
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Saliagos is one of the most important & revealing neolithic sites in Cyclades. It gives us a rare “snapshot” of what early island life could have looked like
home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Saliagos is a tiny islet today—but in the neolithic it was a low peninsula between Paros and Antiparos It was one of the earliest farming settlements in the CycladesEssentially the birth of permanent life in the Cycladic islands. The settlement itself lasted…
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The Cyclades sit right in the middle of the Aegean, & the neolithic
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > 7000–3200 BCE. It was a stepping stone Part corridor, part resource hub; linking Anatolia, mainland Greece and Crete At 10,000, until about 5500 years BCE. Coast lines were much lowerIslands were larger, or connected by land bridges, or more shallow crossings.…
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Protected: Sitagroi
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Protected: Stavroupolis
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Protected: Promachon-Topolnica/ Promachena-Topolnitsa
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