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Administrative Region : Central Macedonia
Regional unit : Chalkidiki
Petralona (Πετράλωνα) is a small locality in Chalcidice, Macedonia, Greece. It is 6 km N-W of Triglia and 35 km S-E of Thessaloniki. Its altitude is 660 m.[1]
Entrance of the Petralona Cave in Greece. (*)
It is famous for the eponymous cave at about 1 km from the village, the Petralona cave in which was discovered one of the earliest European humanoids.
Petralona cave entrance
Prehistory4
The Petralona cave, at the foot of Mount Katsika, was discovered in 1959 by a local looking for a spring. In it was found in 1960 the Petralona skull, extremely well preserved, dated to more than 700,000 years. It was named Archanthropus europaeus petraloniensis (Poulianos, 1976).[2] This is considered as one of the oldest European Homo erectus specimen found so far.
Reconstruction of the inner cave chamber where the Petralona man was discovered. (*)
External links
An important neolithic site: The Petralona Cave and Anthropological Museum.
References
^ Petralona village.
^ (English) « Pre-Sapiens Man in Greece ». By Aris Nickos Poulianos, Current Anthropology, vol. 22, n° 3, June 1981, pp. 287-288.
| Municipal unit Triglia |
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| Municipal Community Nea Triglia |
| Nea Triglia (Νέα Τρίγλια, η) |
| Paralia Neas Triglias (Παραλία Νέας Τριγλίας, η) |
| Community Elaiochoria |
| Elaiochoria (Ελαιοχώρια, τα) |
| Community Krini |
| Krini (Κρήνη, η) |
| Community Nea Tenedos |
| Nea Tenedos (Νέα Τένεδος, η) |
| Community Nea Plagia |
| Μετόχι, το |
| Nea Plagia (Νέα Πλάγια, τα) |
| Community Petralona |
| Petralona (Πετράλωνα, τα) |
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