Neolithic Greece, the Glossary

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1. 101 relations: Aegean Sea, Alepotrypa Cave, Alimia, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Anatolia, Animal husbandry, Archaeogenetics, Arthur Evans, Asphendou Cave petroglyphs, Athens, Barley, Burial, Cambridge University Press, Cardium pottery, Cemetery, Clark Spencer Larsen, Common Era, Common wheat, Cremation, Cultural diffusion, Cultural Foundation of the National Bank (Greece), Cycladic culture, Demic diffusion, Dendra, Dimini, Early European Farmers, Egypt, Einkorn wheat, Emmer, Europe, Eutresis culture, Fertile Crescent, Fishing, Flint, Franchthi Cave, Genetic admixture, Greece, Greeks, Hamlet (place), Haplogroup G-M201, Haplogroup J (mtDNA), Haplogroup K (mtDNA), Haplogroup X (mtDNA), Helladic chronology, Hill, History, History of Crete, Human mitochondrial DNA haplogroup, Human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup, Hunting, ... Expand index (51 more) »

Aegean Sea

The Aegean Sea is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and Asia.

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Alepotrypa Cave

The Alepotrypa Cave is an archaeological site in the Mani region of the Peloponnese peninsula.

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Alimia

Alimia (Αλιμιά) or Alimnia (Αλιμνιά) is a Greek island of the Aegean Sea, located in the sea area between Rhodes and Halki, in the complex of the Dodecanese.

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American School of Classical Studies at Athens

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA; Αμερικανική Σχολή Κλασικών Σπουδών στην Αθήνα) is one of 19 foreign archaeological institutes in Athens, Greece.

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Anatolia

Anatolia (Anadolu), also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula or a region in Turkey, constituting most of its contemporary territory.

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Animal husbandry

Animal husbandry is the branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, fibre, milk, or other products.

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Archaeogenetics

Archaeogenetics is the study of ancient DNA using various molecular genetic methods and DNA resources.

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Arthur Evans

Sir Arthur John Evans (8 July 1851 – 11 July 1941) was a British archaeologist and pioneer in the study of Aegean civilization in the Bronze Age.

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Asphendou Cave petroglyphs

The small Asphendou Cave in western Crete preserves a number of overlapping petroglyphs on a limestone speleothem that may have been made between the Upper Palaeolithic and the early Bronze Age.

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Athens

Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece.

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Barley

Barley (Hordeum vulgare), a member of the grass family, is a major cereal grain grown in temperate climates globally.

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Burial

Burial, also known as interment or inhumation, is a method of final disposition whereby a dead body is placed into the ground, sometimes with objects.

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Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.

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Cardium pottery

Cardium pottery or Cardial ware is a Neolithic decorative style that gets its name from the imprinting of the clay with the heart-shaped shell of the Corculum cardissa, a member of the cockle family Cardiidae.

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Cemetery

A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite, graveyard, or a green space called a memorial park, is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred.

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Clark Spencer Larsen

Clark Spencer Larsen (born 1952) is an American biological anthropologist, author, and educator.

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Common Era

Common Era (CE) and Before the Common Era (BCE) are year notations for the Gregorian calendar (and its predecessor, the Julian calendar), the world's most widely used calendar era.

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Common wheat

Common wheat (Triticum aestivum), also known as bread wheat, is a cultivated wheat species.

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Cremation

Cremation is a method of final disposition of a dead body through burning.

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Cultural diffusion

In cultural anthropology and cultural geography, cultural diffusion, as conceptualized by Leo Frobenius in his 1897/98 publication Der westafrikanische Kulturkreis, is the spread of cultural items—such as ideas, styles, religions, technologies, languages—between individuals, whether within a single culture or from one culture to another.

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Cultural Foundation of the National Bank (Greece)

The Cultural Foundation of the National Bank (Μορφωτικό Ίδρυμα Εθνικής Τραπέζης, Morfotiko Idryma Ethnikis Trapezis, MIET) is a cultural foundation based in Athens founded in 1966.

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Cycladic culture

Cycladic culture (also known as Cycladic civilisation or, chronologically, as Cycladic chronology) was a Bronze Age culture (c. 3100–c. 1000 BC) found throughout the islands of the Cyclades in the Aegean Sea.

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Demic diffusion

Demic diffusion, as opposed to trans-cultural diffusion, is a demographic term referring to a migratory model, developed by Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, of population diffusion into and across an area that had been previously uninhabited by that group and possibly but not necessarily displacing, replacing, or intermixing with an existing population (such as has been suggested for the spread of agriculture across Neolithic Europe and several other ''Landnahme'' events).

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Dendra

Dendra (Δενδρά) is a prehistoric archaeological site situated outside the village with the same name belonging to the municipality of Midea in the Argolid, Greece.

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Dimini

Dimini (Διμήνι; older form: Diminion) is a village near the city of Volos, in Thessaly (central Greece), in Magnesia.

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Early European Farmers

Early European Farmers (EEF) were a group of the Anatolian Neolithic Farmers (ANF) who brought agriculture to Europe and Northwest Africa.

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Egypt

Egypt (مصر), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.

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Einkorn wheat

Einkorn wheat (from German Einkorn, literally "single grain") can refer either to a wild species of wheat (Triticum) or to its domesticated form.

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Emmer

Emmer wheat or hulled wheat is a type of awned wheat.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Eutresis culture

Eutresis culture is a Final Neolithic and Early Bronze Age culture in mainland Greece, also known as Early Helladic I in Helladic chronology.

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Fertile Crescent

The Fertile Crescent (الهلال الخصيب) is a crescent-shaped region in the Middle East, spanning modern-day Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria, together with northern Kuwait, south-eastern Turkey, and western Iran.

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Fishing

Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish.

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Flint

Flint, occasionally flintstone, is a sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as the variety of chert that occurs in chalk or marly limestone.

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Franchthi Cave

Franchthi Cave or Frankhthi Cave (Σπήλαιον Φράγχθι) is an archaeological site overlooking Kiladha Bay, in the Argolic Gulf, opposite the village of Kiladha in southeastern Argolis, Greece.

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Genetic admixture

Genetic admixture occurs when previously isolated populations interbreed resulting in a population that is descended from multiple sources.

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Greece

Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe.

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Greeks

The Greeks or Hellenes (Έλληνες, Éllines) are an ethnic group and nation native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Albania, Anatolia, parts of Italy and Egypt, and to a lesser extent, other countries surrounding the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea. They also form a significant diaspora, with many Greek communities established around the world..

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Hamlet (place)

A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village.

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Haplogroup G-M201

Haplogroup G (M201) is a human Y-chromosome haplogroup.

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Haplogroup J (mtDNA)

Haplogroup J is a human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup.

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Haplogroup K (mtDNA)

Haplogroup K, formerly Haplogroup UK, is a human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup.

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Haplogroup X (mtDNA)

Haplogroup X is a human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup.

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Helladic chronology

Helladic chronology is a relative dating system used in archaeology and art history.

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Hill

A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain.

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History

History (derived) is the systematic study and documentation of the human past.

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History of Crete

The history of Crete goes back to the 7th millennium BC, preceding the ancient Minoan civilization by more than four millennia.

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Human mitochondrial DNA haplogroup

In human genetics, a human mitochondrial DNA haplogroup is a haplogroup defined by differences in human mitochondrial DNA.

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Human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup

In human genetics, a human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup is a haplogroup defined by mutations in the non-recombining portions of DNA from the male-specific Y chromosome (called Y-DNA).

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Hunting

Hunting is the human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, and killing wildlife or feral animals.

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Karditsa Thinker

The Karditsa Thinker, or the Thinker of Karditsa, is a Neolithic clay figurine found in the area of Karditsa in Thessaly, Greece.

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Knossos

Knossos (pronounced; Knōssós,; Linear B: 𐀒𐀜𐀰 Ko-no-so) is a Bronze Age archaeological site in Crete.

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Korakou culture

The Korakou culture or Early Helladic II (in some schemes Early Helladic IIA) was an early phase of Bronze Age Greece, in the Early Helladic period, lasting from around 2650 to BC.

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Lentil

The lentil (Vicia lens or Lens culinaris) is an edible legume.

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Makrygialos, Pieria

Makrygialos ('Long Beach') is a coastal village and a former municipal district in Pieria regional unit, Greece.

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Meander (art)

A meander or meandros (Μαίανδρος) is a decorative border constructed from a continuous line, shaped into a repeated motif.

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Megaron

The megaron (μέγαρον,,: megara) was the great hall in very early Mycenean and ancient Greek palace complexes.

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Mesolithic

The Mesolithic (Greek: μέσος, mesos 'middle' + λίθος, lithos 'stone') or Middle Stone Age is the Old World archaeological period between the Upper Paleolithic and the Neolithic.

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Millet

Millets are a highly varied group of small-seeded grasses, widely grown around the world as cereal crops or grains for fodder and human food.

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Milos

Milos or Melos (Mílos,; Mêlos) is a volcanic Greek island in the Aegean Sea, just north of the Sea of Crete.

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Minoan civilization

The Minoan civilization was a Bronze Age culture which was centered on the island of Crete.

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Mycenaean Greece

Mycenaean Greece (or the Mycenaean civilization) was the last phase of the Bronze Age in ancient Greece, spanning the period from approximately 1750 to 1050 BC.

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National Archaeological Museum, Athens

The National Archaeological Museum (translit) in Athens houses some of the most important artifacts from a variety of archaeological locations around Greece from prehistory to late antiquity.

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Nature (journal)

Nature is a British weekly scientific journal founded and based in London, England.

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Nea Nikomideia

Nea Nikomideia (Νέα Νικομήδεια) is a village approximately to the northeast of Veria in the municipality of Veria, regional unit of Imathia, in the geographic region of Macedonia in northern Greece.

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Near East

The Near East is a transcontinental region around the East Mediterranean encompassing parts of West Asia, the Balkans, and North Africa, specifically the historical Fertile Crescent, the Levant, Anatolia, East Thrace, and Egypt.

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Neolithic

The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Greek νέος 'new' and λίθος 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Europe, Asia and Africa.

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Neolithic Europe

The European Neolithic is the period from the arrival of Neolithic (New Stone Age) technology and the associated population of Early European Farmers in Europe, (the approximate time of the first farming societies in Greece) until –1700 BC (the beginning of Bronze Age Europe with the Nordic Bronze Age).

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Neolithic Revolution

The Neolithic Revolution, also known as the First Agricultural Revolution, was the wide-scale transition of many human cultures during the Neolithic period in Afro-Eurasia from a lifestyle of hunting and gathering to one of agriculture and settlement, making an increasingly large population possible.

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Oat

The oat (Avena sativa), sometimes called the common oat, is a species of cereal grain grown for its seed, which is known by the same name (usually in the plural).

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Obsidian

Obsidian is a naturally occurring volcanic glass formed when lava extruded from a volcano cools rapidly with minimal crystal growth.

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Palace

A palace is a large residence, often serving as a royal residence or the home for a head of state or another high-ranking dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop.

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Pea

Pea (pisum in Latin) is a pulse, vegetable or fodder crop, but the word often refers to the seed or sometimes the pod of this flowering plant species.

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Pelasgians

The name Pelasgians (Pelasgoí, singular: Πελασγός Pelasgós) was used by Classical Greek writers to refer either to the predecessors of the Greeks, or to all the inhabitants of Greece before the emergence of the Greeks.

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Poliochne

Poliochne, often cited under its modern name Poliochni (Πολιόχνη), was an ancient settlement on the east coast of the island of Lemnos.

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Pre-Pottery Neolithic A

Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) denotes the first stage of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic, in early Levantine and Anatolian Neolithic culture, dating to years ago, that is, 10,000–8800 BCE.

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Pre-Pottery Neolithic B

Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB) is part of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic, a Neolithic culture centered in upper Mesopotamia and the Levant, dating to years ago, that is, 8800–6500 BC.

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Prehistory

Prehistory, also called pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the first known use of stone tools by hominins million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems.

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Prehistory of Southeastern Europe

The prehistory of Southeastern Europe, defined roughly as the territory of the wider Southeast Europe (including the territories of the modern countries of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, and European Turkey) covers the period from the Upper Paleolithic, beginning with the presence of Homo sapiens in the area some 44,000 years ago, until the appearance of the first written records in Classical Antiquity, in Greece.

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Principal component analysis

Principal component analysis (PCA) is a linear dimensionality reduction technique with applications in exploratory data analysis, visualization and data preprocessing.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (often abbreviated PNAS or PNAS USA) is a peer-reviewed multidisciplinary scientific journal.

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Radiocarbon dating

Radiocarbon dating (also referred to as carbon dating or carbon-14 dating) is a method for determining the age of an object containing organic material by using the properties of radiocarbon, a radioactive isotope of carbon.

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Regions of ancient Greece

The regions of ancient Greece were sub-divisions of the Hellenic world as conceived by the Ancient Greeks of antiquity, shown by their presence in the works of ancient historians and geographers or in surviving legends and myths.

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Rhodes

Rhodes (translit) is the largest of the Dodecanese islands of Greece and is their historical capital; it is the ninth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Rye

Rye (Secale cereale) is a grass grown extensively as a grain, a cover crop and a forage crop.

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Servia, Greece

Servia (Sérvia) is one of the main towns in the Kozani regional unit, West Macedonia, Greece.

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Sesklo

Sesklo (Σέσκλο; Seshklu) is a village in Greece that is located near Volos, a city located within the municipality of Aisonia.

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Sex

Sex is the biological trait that determines whether a sexually reproducing organism produces male or female gametes.

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Slavery

Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labour.

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Socioeconomics

Socioeconomics (also known as social economics) is the social science that studies how economic activity affects and is shaped by social processes.

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Starčevo culture

The Starčevo culture is an archaeological culture of Southeastern Europe, dating to the Neolithic period between c. 6200 and 4500 BCE.

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Strongpoint

In military tactics, a strongpoint is a key point in a defensive fighting position which anchors the overall defense line.

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The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean

The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean is a book by the British historian David Abulafia.

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Theopetra Cave

Theopetra Cave is a limestone cave located in Theopetra village of Meteora municipality, Thessaly, Greece.

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Thessaly

Thessaly (translit; ancient Thessalian: Πετθαλία) is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name.

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Tiryns culture

Tiryns culture (2,200 - 2,000 BC) or Early Helladic III was an Early Bronze Age culture in Central Greece, Southern Greece and the Ionian islands (Part of Western Greece) that followed Eutresis and Korakou cultures, and preceded the Mycenean civilization.

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Town

A town is a type of a human settlement.

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Trapeza, Crete

Trapeza, Crete is a Neolithic and Bronze Age sacred cave on the island of Crete in Greece.

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Type site

In archaeology, a type site is the site used to define a particular archaeological culture or other typological unit, which is often named after it.

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Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand.

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Western hunter-gatherer

In archaeogenetics, western hunter-gatherer (WHG, also known as west European hunter-gatherer, western European hunter-gatherer or Oberkassel cluster) is a distinct ancestral component of modern Europeans, representing descent from a population of Mesolithic hunter-gatherers who scattered over western, southern and central Europe, from the British Isles in the west to the Carpathians in the east, following the retreat of the ice sheet of the Last Glacial Maximum.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolithic_Greece

Also known as Stone Age Greece.

, Karditsa Thinker, Knossos, Korakou culture, Lentil, Makrygialos, Pieria, Meander (art), Megaron, Mesolithic, Millet, Milos, Minoan civilization, Mycenaean Greece, National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Nature (journal), Nea Nikomideia, Near East, Neolithic, Neolithic Europe, Neolithic Revolution, Oat, Obsidian, Palace, Pea, Pelasgians, Poliochne, Pre-Pottery Neolithic A, Pre-Pottery Neolithic B, Prehistory, Prehistory of Southeastern Europe, Principal component analysis, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Radiocarbon dating, Regions of ancient Greece, Rhodes, Rye, Servia, Greece, Sesklo, Sex, Slavery, Socioeconomics, Starčevo culture, Strongpoint, The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean, Theopetra Cave, Thessaly, Tiryns culture, Town, Trapeza, Crete, Type site, Village, Western hunter-gatherer.