Kleidi Cave

Klithi or Kleidi Cave (Greek: Σπήλαιο Κλειδί, Spelaio Kleidi) is located to the north of the village of Kleidonia in the Ioannina regional unit and around 500 m (1,600 ft) west of the Megalakkos Cave, northwestern Greece. It is situated atop the northern bank of the Voidomatis river valley.

Kleidi Cave

Σπήλαιο Κλειδί
location in Greece
Location	north of Kleidonia
Region	Ioannina regional unit, northwestern Greece
Coordinates	39°58′51″N 20°40′2″E

Archaeology

Archaeological excavations that were undertaken by a British team between 1983 and 1986 revealed the cave that contained artefacts, stone tools, faunal remains and other fossils, that were dated back to the Paleolithic and the Epigravettian culture between 20,000 and 12,000 years ago.^[1][2][3] Analogous discoveries were made by the same research team in the neighbouring Megalakkos 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

1. Coward, Fiona; Hosfield, Robert; Pope, Matt; Wenban-Smith, Francis (26 January 2015). Settlement, Society and Cognition in Human Evolution. ISBN 9781107026889. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
2. KATERINA HARVATI, ELENI PANAGOPOULOU, AND CURTIS RUNNELS. "The Paleoanthropology of Greece". Academia. Retrieved February 22, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
3. "Klithi in its local and archaeological setting" (PDF). research.manchester. Retrieved February 22, 2017.