Σπηλαιον Φραξθι
Spilaion Frahthi - Frahthi Cave - Franchthi Cave
Useful Information
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| Image: the cave is the ruin of a much bigger cave which is collapsed. |
History
Description
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| Image: the cave is a through cave, almost a natural bridge. |
Franchthi Cave is a very important archaeological cave: it is one of the
most important Stone Age sites in Greece.
Here is the only good evidence for a continuous sequence of habitation.
The earliest evidence is possibly 35,000 B.C. (Upper Paleolithic).
Better evidence begins ca. 20,000 B.C. (Middle Paleolithic).
The latest finds are from 3000 B.C. (Final Neolithic).
The excavations in the cave are several trenches, the deepest one is 11 meters
deep, another one 9 meters deep.
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| Spilaion Frahthi Gallery |
See also
- Google Earth Placemark
- The Stone Age
- Lesson 1 Images: The Southern Greek Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic Sequence at Franchthi
- Southern Greek Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic: The Sequence from the Franchthi Cave in the Argolid
- Franchthi Excavations: 17,000 Years of Greek Prehistory,
a detailed page about the excavations.
- Franchthi Cave
- Catherine Perláes ():
Les industries lithiques taillâees de Franchthi,
(Argolide, Gráece)
Indiana University Press; ASIN: 0253319714
at amazon.com
- Tjeerd H. Van Andel, Charles J. Vitaliano (1987):
Landscape and People of the Franchthi Region,
(Excavations at Franchthi Cave, Greece, Fascicle 2)
92 pages, Indiana University Press; ISBN: 0253319757; (December 1987)
at amazon.com
- W.R. Farrand, F.A. Cooper, C.J. Vitaliano, T. W. Jacobsen (1988):
Franchthi Cave and Paralia: Maps, Plans, and Sections,
(Fascicle I)
33 pages, Indiana University Press; ISBN: 0253319773; Boxed edition (May 1988)
at amazon.com
- Judith C. Shackleton (1990):
Marine Molluscan Remains from Franchthi Cave,
(Fascicle 4)
194 pages, Indiana University Press; ISBN: 0253319765; (July 1990)
at amazon.com
- Julie Marie Hansen (1991):
The Palaeoethnobotany of Franchthi Cave,
(Excavations of Franchthi Cave, Greece, Fascicle 7)
280 pages, Indiana University Press; ASIN: 025331979X; (September 1991)
at amazon.com
- Tony J. Wilkinson, Susan T. Duhon (1991):
Franchthi Paralia: The Sediments, Stratigraphy, and Offshore Investigations,
(Excavations at Franchti Cave, Greece)
207 pages, Hardcover, Indiana University Press; ISBN: 0253319781; (September 1991)
at amazon.com
- Lauren E. Talalay (1993):
Deities, Dolls, and Devices: Neolithic Figurines from Franchthi Cave, Greece,
(Excavations at Franchthi Cave, Greece, Fascicle 9)
149 pages, Hardcover, Indiana University Press; ISBN: 0253319811; (December 1993)
at amazon.com
- Karen D. Vitelli (1999):
Franchthi Neolithic Pottery: Classification and Ceramic Phases 1 and 2,
(Excavations at Franchthi Cave, Greece: Fascicle 8)
Hardcover, Indiana University Press; ISBN: 0253319803; (January 1999)
at amazon.com
- James A. Dengate (Contributor), Karen D. Vitelli (1999):
Franchthi Neolithic Pottery, Volume 2: The Later Neolithic Ceramic Phases 3 to 5,
(Excavations at Franchthi Cave, Greece, Fascicle 10)
352 pages, Indiana University Press; ISBN: 0253213061; (April 1, 1999)
at amazon.com
- William R. Farrand, T. W. Jacobsen (1999):
Depositional History of Franchthi Cave,
(Sediments, Stratigraphy, and Chronology): Fascicle 12 (Excavations at Franchthi Cave, Greece)
Indiana Univ Press, 150p, ISBN: 0253213142.
at amazon.com
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