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Cave and archaeological site in Greece
The Megalakkos (Greek: Σπήλαιο Μεγάλακκος, Spelaio Megalokkos) is a rock shelter located north of the village of Kleidonia in the Ioannina regional unit and around 500 m (1,600 ft) east of the Kleidi Cave, northwestern Greece. It sits atop the northern bank of the Voidomatis river valley.
Archaeology
Archaeological excavations that were undertaken by a British team between 1983 and 1986 revealed the cave with a height of 2 m (6.6 ft), it contained artefacts, stone tools, faunal remains and other fossils, that were dated back to the Palaeolithic and the Epigravettian culture between 20,000 and 12,000 years ago.[1][2] Analogous discoveries were made by the same research team in the neighbouring Kleidi Cave.
Further reading
- Geoff Bailey (ed) 1997. Klithi: Palaeolithic Settlement and Quaternary Landscapes in North-west Greece, Cambridge: Macdonald Institute for Archaeological Research, 2 vols.
References
- ^ Woodward, Jamie (7 May 2009). The Physical Geography of the Mediterranean. ISBN 9780191608414. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
- ^ KATERINA HARVATI, ELENI PANAGOPOULOU, AND CURTIS RUNNELS. "The Paleoanthropology of Greece". Academia. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
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