Neolithic town unearthed in northern Greece

Very important prehistoric finds compose the picture of an unknown by a broader audience Neolithic settlement, which has been located close to the Microthebes junction.

The settlement, dated primarily to the Middle Neolithic period (5800-5400 BC), is a declared archaeological site, located in Magoula Belitsi, approximately 200 m to the west of the national road Athens-Thessaloniki and the Microthebes junction. It is estimated to be an area of some 2,5 hectars. Findings indicate human presence during Middle Neolithic period, and an organized Neolithic settlement at the site, while the occupation of that area is estimated to have continued until the Late Neolithic period. The first houses of the settlement were built on the low-lying parts that determine the northern border of the Almyros valley, on the eastern side of the stream known as Aetorema. The site gave its dwellers access to the lowland ecosystem and the narrow hills at the North, thus offering a variety of food sources [...] Read more