Dispilio Lakeside Neolithic Settlement Archaeological Collection
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The Dispilio Lakeside Neolithic Settlement Archaeological Collection is a museum
in Dispilio
in Greece
. It was the first Neolithic settlement by the side of a lake excavated in that country. Many important artifacts were found, the most notable being the Dispilio Tablet
.
Museum
A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...
in Dispilio
Dispilio
Dispilio is an archaeological site containing remains of a Neolithic lakeshore settlement that occupied an artificial island near the modern village of Dispilio on Lake Orestiada in Kastoria Prefecture, Macedonia, Greece....
in Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
. It was the first Neolithic settlement by the side of a lake excavated in that country. Many important artifacts were found, the most notable being the Dispilio Tablet
Dispilio Tablet
The Dispilio Tablet is a wooden tablet bearing inscribed markings , unearthed during George Hourmouziadis's excavations of Dispilio in Greece and carbon 14-dated to about 7300 BP...
.
External links
- Triton report
- http://wikimapia.org/8649197/el/%CE%91%CF%81%CF%87%CE%B1%CE%B9%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE-%CE%88%CE%BA%CE%B8%CE%B5%CF%83%CE%B7-%CE%9D%CE%B5%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%B8%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%8D-%CE%9B%CE%B9%CE%BC%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%85-%CE%9F%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%8D-%CE%94%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%80%CE%B7%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%8DThe place where the collection is kept (overview)]
- Photos from the neolithic site
- Greek only