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Stone age in Greece
800.000 – 3.000
Palaeolithic
800.000 – 10.000
Messolithic
10.000 – 6.500
Neolithic
6.500 – 3.000
Palaeolithic Greece
A. caves
B. open-air sites
Petralona cave
The skull of Petralona ( 600.000 – 200.000)
Franchthi cave (30.000 – 3.000)
The oldest human skeleton found in Greece in Franchthi (10.000 – 8.000)
Vases with painted decoration
(Franchthi, Middle Neolithic)
Who homo erectus, homo sapiens
What
handmade tools (sharpened stones, choppers, needles)
weapons (spears, axes, bows and arrows)
objects found in nature
clothes made of skins
How
living in bands of 25-100 people
hunting and gathering
having burial rituals
believing in the afterlife
Where
In caves and open-air sites (in huts and hovels) mostly near rivers and lakes
When from 1.000.000-800.000 up to 7.000-6.500 B.C.
Why mobil lifestyle
Palaeolithic
Neolithic Greece
Permanent settlements
The neolithic settlement
of Sesclo (6.800-4.400)
Building on Sesclo acropolis
Ceramic workshop in Sesclo
Red clay vase with white painted
decoration
Stone axes from Sesclo
The neolithic acropolis of Dimini
(4.800-1.100)
Design reconstruction of the acropolis
Clay jar from Dimini
Arrows from Dimini
Jar with incised decoration
Idol of sitting woman
(middle Neolithic)
Man idol (later Neolithic)
Woman idol from Sparta (early Neolithic)
Woman idol from Creta
Who homo sapiens
What
tools (chisel, hoe, plough, yoke, loom)
pottery
woven clothes
How
living in tribes
gathering, hunting
fishing
agriculture
domestication
Where farmsteads in settlements
When from 7.000-6.500 up to 3.000 B.C.
Why permanent installation
Neolithic