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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Nea Nikomedeia canonical 1

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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 ⓘ
excavationEndDate 1963 ⓘ
excavationStartDate 1961 ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalCulture Early Neolithic of Greece ⓘ
linked to: Neolithic Aegean

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 ⓘ
northern Greece ⓘ
locatedInRegion Central Macedonia ⓘ
locatedInValley Axios River valley ⓘ
linked to: Axios River basin
locatedNear Veria ⓘ
partOf Bottiaia plain ⓘ
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 ⓘ