Neolithic Museum - Diros

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Diros Cave

The Neolithic Museum of Diros exhibits the excavations’ findings by the archaeologist G. Papathanasopoulos. The earlier ones date back to 6000 B.C. The exhibits included are Neolithic figurines, human skeletons and skulls, animal bones (oxen, sheep and goat, fish, molluscs), ceramics from group burials, utensils and other everyday items. There are also stone and bone tools, textile accessories, weapons (made of obsidian, stone, bone, copper), jewellery and pottery with relief and painted decoration. Very impressive is the female skeleton, which is exhibited in the exact position it was found. It dates back to around 3200 B.C., during the last period of inhabitation of the cave. The findings indicate the wealth and high standard of living of the Neolithic community of Diros, which flourished, inside the cave, from 5300 B.C until 3200 B.C. Fireplaces, food warehouses, and various other stone-built constructions were also found during the excavations.

Next to the entrance, the visitors can see the Museum’s layout, together with a map of the main centres of Neolithic culture in Greece.

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