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Sesklo
Σέσκλο
Community
Sesklo is located in Greece
Sesklo
Sesklo
Coordinates: 39°21.3′N 22°50.1′E / 39.3550°N 22.8350°E / 39.3550; 22.8350
CountryGreece
Administrative regionThessaly
Regional unitMagnesia
MunicipalityVolos
Municipal unitAisonia
Elevation
200 m (700 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Community900
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
385 00
Area code(s)24210
Sesklo culture
Geographical rangeEastern Europe
PeriodNeolithic Greece
Datesc. 6850 BC — c. 4400 BC
Type siteSesklo
Major sitesSesklo
Preceded byNeolithic Greece
Followed byDimini culture, Starčevo–Kőrös–Criș culture

Sesklo (Greek: Σέσκλο; Aromanian: Seshklu) is a village in Greece that is located near Volos, a city located within the municipality of Aisonia. The municipality is located within the regional unit of Magnesia that is located within the administrative region of Thessaly. During the prehistory of Southeastern Europe, Sesklo was a significant settlement of Neolithic Greece, before the advent of the Bronze Age and millennia before the Mycenaean period.

  1. ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.

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Sesklo

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Sesklo (Greek: Σέσκλο; Aromanian: Seshklu) is a village in Greece that is located near Volos, a city located within the municipality of Aisonia. The municipality...

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Neolithic Greece

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Monochrome bowls from Sesklo. Early Neolithic period (6500-5800 BC). Archaeological Museum Athens Neolithic clay cups from Sesklo. National Museum Athens...

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Late Neolithic

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researched at Sesklo place development of the civilization as far back as c. 7510 BCE — c. 6190 BCE, known as "proto-Sesklo" and "pre-Sesklo". They show...

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Dimini

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relations between the Dimini and the Sesklo cultures. He, along with R. Galloway, compared ceramic materials from both Sesklo and Dimini utilizing thermoluminescence...

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Sesklo and Dimini fortifications

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Sesklo and Dimini are two of the main sites of the Greek Neolithic Period, ca. 6000-3000 BCE. They are located only a few miles apart in the Thessaly region...

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Gorgoneion

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"the Gorgon extends back to at least 6,000 BC, as a ceramic mask from the Sesklo culture illustrates", and in her book, Language of the Goddess, she also...

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Neolithic

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(La Hoguette). Among the earliest cultural complexes of this area are the Sesklo culture in Thessaly, which later expanded in the Balkans giving rise to...

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Fortification

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walled settlements in Europe but it is younger than the walled town of Sesklo in Greece from 6800 BC. Uruk in ancient Sumer (Mesopotamia) is one of the...

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Pottery

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Ganj Dareh Chia Jani Ali Kosh Mehrgarh I 6500 Neolithic Europe Franchthi Sesklo Pre-Pottery Neolithic C ('Ain Ghazal) Pottery Neolithic Tell Sabi Abyad...

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Neolithic Europe

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Europe living in heavily fortified settlements of 3,000–4,000 people (e.g., Sesklo in Greece) whereas Neolithic groups in Britain were small (possibly 50–100...

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Volos

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acropolis, walls, and two beehive tombs dating to between 4000 and 1200 BC, and Sesklo, with the remains of the oldest acropolis in Greece (6000 BC). The mound...

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Prehistoric Europe

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early stages are known as pre-Sesklo culture. The Thessalian Neolithic culture soon evolved into the more coherent Sesklo culture (6000 BC), which was...

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Thessaly

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pottery, Dimini and Sesklo). Mycenaean settlements have also been discovered, for example at the sites of Iolcos, Dimini and Sesklo (near Volos). In Archaic...

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Prehistory of Southeastern Europe

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represented by sites such as Frachthi Cave. Other sites are Theopetra Cave and Sesklo in Thessaly that represent the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic as well as...

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Linear Pottery culture

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Ozieri culture Petreşti culture San Ciriaco culture Shulaveri–Shomu culture Sesklo culture Sopot culture Tisza culture Tiszapolgár culture Usatovo culture...

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Nabta Playa

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Ganj Dareh Chia Jani Ali Kosh Mehrgarh I 6500 Neolithic Europe Franchthi Sesklo Pre-Pottery Neolithic C ('Ain Ghazal) Pottery Neolithic Tell Sabi Abyad...

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Ancient Thessaly

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Chalcolithic cultures around 6000 BC–2500 BC (see Cardium pottery, Dimini and Sesklo). Mycenaean settlements have also been discovered in Thessaly unearthing...

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Varna culture

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Gumelnița–Kodžadermen-Karanovo VI complex Lengyel culture Linear Pottery culture Sesklo culture Solnitsata Starčevo culture Tisza culture Vinča culture Old European...

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Amratian culture

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Ganj Dareh Chia Jani Ali Kosh Mehrgarh I 6500 Neolithic Europe Franchthi Sesklo Pre-Pottery Neolithic C ('Ain Ghazal) Pottery Neolithic Tell Sabi Abyad...

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7th millennium BC

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Ozieri culture Petreşti culture San Ciriaco culture Shulaveri–Shomu culture Sesklo culture Sopot culture Tisza culture Tiszapolgár culture Usatovo culture...

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Archaeological Museum of Volos

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agricultural tools, originating from the Neolithic settlements of Dimini and Sesklo, as well as clay statuettes and a wide variety of items from the Geometric...

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Samarra culture

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Ganj Dareh Chia Jani Ali Kosh Mehrgarh I 6500 Neolithic Europe Franchthi Sesklo Pre-Pottery Neolithic C ('Ain Ghazal) Pottery Neolithic Tell Sabi Abyad...

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