The New Middle Palaeolithic Human Occupations in Cave 1 in Klissoura, Greece. The Investigations in 2004 – 2006

• Authors: Valery Sitlivy , Krzysztof Sobczyk , Margarita Koumouzelis , Panagiotis Karkanas
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper presents the preliminary examination of Middle Palaeolithic levels of the Cave 1 in Klissoura. The site is located in Argolid, at Prosymna (NE Peloponnese). Geological data and C14 dates allow to put the Middle Palaeolithic of Klissoura in the middle stages of the last Ice Age between 40 and 62 thousand BP.

Keywords

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Klissoura; Middle Palaeolithic; Argolid

• Publisher: Instytut Archeologii Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
• Journal: Recherches Archéologiques Nouvelle Serie
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 1
• Pages: 377-395

Dates

published

2009

Contributors

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Valery Sitlivy

• Royal Museums of Art and History, Parc du Cinquantenaire 10, B –1000, Brussels, Belgium

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Krzysztof Sobczyk

• Institute of Archaeology, Jagiellonian University; Gołębia St. 11, 31-007 Kraków, Poland

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Margarita Koumouzelis

• Ephoreia of Palaeoanthropology-Speleology, Ardittou 34b, 11636, Athens, Greece.

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Panagiotis Karkanas

• Ephoreia of Palaeoanthropology-Speleology, Ardittou 34b, 11636, Athens, Greece.

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