Megalakkos
{{short description|Cave and archaeological site in Greece}}
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|region = Ioannina regional unit, northwestern Greece
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The Megalakkos ({{langx|el|Σπήλαιο Μεγάλακκος}}, Spelaio Megalokkos) is a rock shelter located north of the village of Kleidonia in the Ioannina regional unit and around {{convert|500|m|ft|abbr=on}} east of the Kleidi Cave, northwestern Greece. It sits atop the northern bank of the Voidomatis river valley.
Archaeology
Archaeological excavations that were undertaken by a British team between 1983 and 1986 revealed the cave with a height of {{convert|2|m|ft|abbr=on}}, it contained artefacts, stone tools, faunal remains and other fossils, that were dated back to the Palaeolithic and the Epigravettian culture between 20,000 and 12,000 years ago.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B09cbd0L0pwC&q=Megalakkos+cave&pg=PT479 |title=The Physical Geography of the Mediterranean |date= 7 May 2009|isbn=9780191608414 |access-date= February 22, 2017|last1=Woodward |first1=Jamie }}{{cite web |url=https://www.academia.edu/14406081 |title=The Paleoanthropology of Greece |publisher=Academia |author=KATERINA HARVATI, ELENI PANAGOPOULOU, AND CURTIS RUNNELS |access-date= February 22, 2017}} Analogous discoveries were made by the same research team in the neighbouring Kleidi Cave.
Further reading
- Geoff Bailey (ed) 1997. Klithi: Palaeolithic Settlement and Quaternary Landscapes in North-west Greece, Cambridge: Macdonald Institute for Archaeological Research, 2 vols.
References
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Category:Rock shelters of Greece
Category:Landforms of Ioannina (regional unit)
Category:Landforms of Epirus (region)
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