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Excavated places tagged “peloponnese”

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🇬🇷 Greece · Cave

Franchthi Cave — Paralia Lower Terrace Niche

Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (100000–12000 BP) · Mousterian / Upper Palaeolithic

Franchthi Cave — Paralia Lower Terrace Niche in Peloponnese, Argolis, Kilada, Greece is a Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (100000–12000 BP) cave attributed to…

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🇬🇷 Greece · Cave

Klisoura Cave 1

Middle Palaeolithic to Mesolithic · Mousterian / Aurignacian / Epigravettian

Collapsed karstic cave and rockshelter in the Klisoura Gorge, Argolis, with 5 m deep trench divided into 14 stratigraphic units covering Middle Palaeolithic to Mesolithic (40,000–9,000 BP).

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🇬🇷 Greece · Cave

Alepotrypa Cave

Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age · Final Neolithic / Early Helladic

Vast Neolithic cave complex at Diros Bay, Laconia, used as settlement and burial site 6000–3200 BCE before earthquake sealed entrance.