Franchthi Cave
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Franchthi Cave or Frankhthi Cave is an archaeological site overlooking Kiladha Bay in the Argolic Gulf, opposite the village of Kiladha in southeastern Argolis, Greece.
Entrance to Franchthi Cave seen from Koilada
View looking into the cave
Neolithic pottery from the cave
Mesolithic
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The Mesolithic is the Old World archaeological period between the Upper Paleolithic and the Neolithic. The term Epipaleolithic is often used synonymously, especially for outside Northern Europe, and f
Franchthi Cave
…Argolis, Greece. The Franchthi Cave has a rich history of early human occupation, beginning in the Upper Paleolithic, and continuing throughout the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods. Last occupied around 3,000 BC, Franchthi was used as a shelter for around 35,000 years and is one of the most comprehensively…
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The Mesolithic begins during the latest Pleistocene, characterized by a progressive rise of temperatures, between the end of the Last Glacial Maximum and the Neolithic Revolution during the Holocene. Evolution of temperature in the Post-Glacial period according to Greenland ice cores.
Mesolithic artifacts
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