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Stone age

Naxos was already visited by humans in the Palaeolithic Age. On this page you will find links to all the articles about the Stone Age on Naxos on this web site.

Paleolithic and Mesolithic

8. September 2015

Until recently it was assumed that the Aegean islands were inhabited by humans only in the Neolithic age. One of the earliest proofs that humans had reached the Cyclades were the findings of obsidi…

The archaeological museum in Apiranthos

In the small village of Apiranthos one can visit five museums, one ethnological, one geological, one of natural history, one of fine arts and one archaeological. The archaeological museum was the f…

The Cave of Mount Zeus

26. January 2012

The Cave of Mount Zeus is located at an altitude of 628 metres on the steep western slope of Mount Zeus and can be reached by a short hike from the spring “ton Arión”. The Cave of Mount Zeus lies …

Neolithic

13. October 2009

Relatively little is known about the Stone age in Naxos and in Greece, especially compared to the later times. But also in comparison to Central Europe our information about the human presence in G…

Die Entstehung der Landwirtschaft

20. September 2008

Die Entstehung der Landwirtschaft Die Neolithische Revolution Die Landwirtschaft entwickelte sich in der Jungsteinzeit kurz nach dem Ende der letzten Eiszeit vor etwa 11.500 Jahren. Die ersten Na…

Die Eiszeiten in Griechenland

17. September 2008

Die Erde hat im Laufe ihrer Geschichte eine Reihe von Eiszeitaltern durchgemacht, während derer die Temperaturen deutlich absanken und große Teile der Erde vereisten. Jedes Eiszeitalter dauerte etw…