Megalakkos

The Megalakkos (Greek: Σπήλαιο Μεγάλακκος, Spelaio Megalokkos) is a rock shelter located north of the village of Kleidonia in the Ioannina regional unit and around 500 m (1,600 ft) east of the Kleidi Cave, northwestern Greece. It sits atop the northern bank of the Voidomatis river valley.

Megalakkos Cave

Σπήλαιο Μεγάλακκος
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 with a height of 2 m (6.6 ft), it contained artefacts, stone tools, faunal remains and other fossils, that were dated back to the Palaeolithic and the Epigravettian culture between 20,000 and 12,000 years ago.^[1][2] Analogous discoveries were made by the same research team in the neighbouring Kleidi 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. Woodward, Jamie (7 May 2009). The Physical Geography of the Mediterranean. ISBN 9780191608414. 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)