Fascinating stuff from Franchthi Cave in Greece! Thomas W. Jacobson's excavations (1967-1979) with Indiana University dug over 11 metres through stratified deposits spanning 40,000 to 3,700 BCE. With 50+ radiocarbon dates, it remains the largest C14 suite for any prehistoric site in Greece. The unbroken record tells a complete story from Ice Age hunters to first farmers! 🏺🪨
Excavation history and 11m stratigraphy spanning 40,000 to 3,700 BCE
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Key facts
- Excavations took place between 1967 and 1979
- Directed by Thomas W. Jacobson of Indiana University with the American School of Classical Studies at Athens
- Two main trenches: H1 inside the cave and FA on the terrace (Paralia)
- Excavations went down more than 11 metres through stratified living debris
- Rare Upper Paleolithic artifacts dated to as early as 40,000 years BCE found at the bottom
- A continuous sequence radiocarbon dated from more than 50 samples, still the largest C14 suite for any prehistoric site in Greece, from earliest date through to around 3700 BCE at the end of the final Neolithic
- The unbroken continuity of the record makes Franchthi unique, providing a full story from Ice Age hunters to the first farmers without a major break
Sources
Franchthi Caveancient-greece.org
Excavations have revealed a rich unbroken record of human habitation from the Paleolithic era (at least since 38000 BCE) to the end of the ...
Plan of Franchthi Cave and locations of various excavation ...researchgate.net
Franchthi Cave in southern Greece preserves one of the most remarkable records of socioeconomic change of the Late Pleistocene through early Holocene.
Excavations at Franchthi Cave, Greece, 13: Du Néolithique ...ajaonline.org
Excavations at Franchthi Cave, Greece, this volume presents the study of the chipped industries from the Early to the Late Neolithic.
Excavations at Franchthi Cave, Greecejstor.org
Browse books within the series Excavations at Franchthi Cave, Greece. Deities, Dolls, and Devices. Cave: Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, and Chronology,
Franchthi Caveen.wikipedia.org
Franchthi Cave or Frankhthi Cave is an archaeological site overlooking Kiladha Bay in the Argolic Gulf, opposite the village of Kiladha in southeastern ...
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