Nea Nikomedeia

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Nea Nikomedeia is an important early Neolithic settlement in northern Greece, known as one of the earliest farming communities in Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Neolithic settlement
archaeological site
chronologicalPeriod Early Neolithic
country Greece
discoveredIn 1950s
earliestOccupationDate c. 6200 BC
excavatedBy John G. Evans NERFINISHED
excavationEndDate 1963
excavationStartDate 1961
hasArchaeologicalCulture Early Neolithic of Greece NERFINISHED
Sesklo-related cultural horizon
hasArtifactType clay figurines
pottery
stone tools
hasBuildingMaterial mudbrick
timber
wattle and daub
hasBuildingType rectangular houses
hasCrop barley
einkorn wheat
emmer wheat
hasDomesticatedAnimal cattle
goats
pigs
sheep
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
animal husbandry
hasFeature ditches
possible communal building
posthole structures
hasPreservationStatus partially excavated
hasResearchDiscipline archaeobotany
prehistoric archaeology
zooarchaeology
hasSettlementType tell
knownFor being one of the earliest farming communities in Europe
early Neolithic architecture
early evidence of agriculture in Greece
figurines and ritual objects
latestOccupationDate c. 5500 BC
locatedIn Imathia regional unit NERFINISHED
northern Greece
locatedInRegion Central Macedonia NERFINISHED
locatedInValley Axios River valley NERFINISHED
locatedNear Veria NERFINISHED
partOf Bottiaia plain NERFINISHED
significance important for study of early Neolithic social organization
key site for understanding the spread of farming into Europe

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Neolithic Aegean hasNotableSite Nea Nikomedeia