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Shillourokambos is Σιλλουρόκαμπος. An archaeological site in Cyprus. It provides valuable insights into the aceramic neolithic period. Some say, the domestication of cat may have even taken place here
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Pre-pottery neolithic (PPN), is an early phase of the neolithic period, characterized by the use of stone tools. In the eastern Mediterranean, on the southern coast of Cyprus island. In the absence of pottery; agriculture, and a bunch of other things…
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Cyprus has a strategic location that helped during the neolithic age, which lasted from 8700 to 3800 BC
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > The island of Cyprus’s oldest evidence of a neolithic settlement is dated to 8800–8600 BC (1) During the neolithic period, the island’s inhabitants transitioned from being mostly hunters and gatherers, to primarily agriculturalistsThe period saw the beginning of sedentary settlements, and…
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Kissonerga–Mylouthkia: Cyprus Well-Diggers & the Earliest Island Farmers
<home # start here # guides # builds # services # shop # about # categories> Long before the great stone villages of later Neolithic Cyprus, small groups of seafaring settlers crossed the eastern Mediterranean carrying seeds, animals, tools, and memories of mainland lifeways. On a limestone terrace near modern Paphos, they established Kissonerga–Mylouthkia, a…
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Protected: Akrotiri Aetokremnos
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Khirokitia, or ‘pig-cradle’ was a neolithic town in Cyprus dating to almost 10 thousand years ago. It maybe one of the most important & best preserved sites in the eastern Mediterranean
<home # start here # guides # builds # services # shop # about # categories> Khirokitia or pig cradle is in the Saint Minas valley river valley. Only 6km from the MediterraneanCovering a large area, There are about 300 well preserved structures. There are surrounding fortifications. Some of the earliest evidence of an organized…
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Used for fishing, river transport, coastal seafaring, & colonization. A dugout (or, Greek, monoxylon: “single tree”) is a boat, made by hollowing a single log, using water, fire + tools
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > 1) Materials & Resource GatheringTree Selection (Regional Differences)Levant / Anatolia / Greece Oak, alder, poplar, beech (documented at La Marmotta). Selection based on straight trunk, low cracking or repair tendency, & buoyancy vs durability Egypt Native woods: acacia, sycamore figAlso imported…