Theopetra Cave
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Nov 15, 2021 10:59 AM
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History
Located in Thessaly, the Theopetra Cave is an important archaeological site with evidence of multi-phase prehistoric human occupation. Radiocarbon dates indicate human activity beginning at least 50,000 years ago. Archaeogenetics have focused on evidence related to Mesolithic inhabitants of the cave site.
500 km
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/747917069
39.679937, 21.6817757
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Jeffrey Becker, and Brady Kiesling, 'Theopetra Cave: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/747917069> [accessed: 31 March 2025]
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