Sesklo, rarely Sesclo (Greek: Σέσκλο) was a village nearby the city of Volos, in Thessaly (central Greece), in the prefecture of Magnesia. The neolithic settlement was discovered in the end of 19th century. This page is about a city in Greece. ... Thessaly (Θεσσαλια; modern Greek Thessalía) is one of the 13 peripheries of Greece, and is further sub-divided into 4 prefectures. ... Magnesia (Greek: Μαγνησία Magnisia), deriving from the Macedonian tribe name Magnetes, is the name of the southeastern area of Thessaly in central Greece. ... The Neolithic, (Greek neos=new, lithos=stone, or New Stone Age) was a period in the development of human technology that is traditionally the last part of the Stone Age. ...

Geography and information

• Location:
  • Longitude: 22.8275 (22°49'46") E
  • Latitude: 39.300833 (39°21'5") N
• Postal code: 385 00
• Elevation: 206 m
• Dialing code: +11+30-24210 (0030-24210)

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Information

This settlement gives name to the first Neolithic culture of Europe, extending by all Thessalia and parts of Greek Macedonia. The first settlements, that predate the 6th milennium BCE, are known as proto-Sesklo (main group) and pre-Sesklo (secondary groups with differentiated characteristics) and they show an advanced agriculture and a very early use of pottery that rivals in age with those of the Near East. Some affinities with the culture of Hacilar, seem to point to an Asian origin of these first European peasants. The Neolithic, (Greek neos=new, lithos=stone, or New Stone Age) was a period in the development of human technology that is traditionally the last part of the Stone Age. ... Thessaly (Θεσσαλια; modern Greek Thessalía) is one of the 13 peripheries of Greece, and is further sub-divided into 4 prefectures. ... Hacilar is a Neolithic settlement in south western Turkey, 25 km southwest of present day Burdur. ...

The peoples of Sesklo built their villages at hillsides, near fertile valleys, where they grew wheat and barley, keeping also herds of mainly sheep and goats, though they also had cows, pigs and dogs. Their houses were small, with one or two rooms, built of wood or mudbrick in the early period. Later the construction technique becomes more homogeneous and all homes are built of adobe with stone foundations. In the 6th milennium are found the first houses with two levels and there's also a clear intentional urbanism. Binomial name Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758 A sheep is any of several woolly ruminant quadrupeds, but most commonly the Domestic Sheep (Ovis aries), which probably descends from the wild moufflon of south-central and south-west Asia. ... Species See Species and subspecies A goat is an animal in the genus Capra, which consists of nine species: the Ibex, the West Caucasian Tur, the East Caucasian Tur, the Markhor, and the Wild Goat. ... Look up Cow in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Cow may refer to: Female cattle, other bovines, or other large mammals including elephants and whales. ... Species Sus barbatus Sus bucculentus Sus cebifrons Sus celebensis Sus domesticus Sus heureni Sus philippensis Sus salvanius Sus scrofa Sus timoriensis Sus verrucosus Pigs are ungulates native to Eurasia collectively grouped under the genus Sus within the Suidae family. ... *For other members of the canine family, see Canidae. ... A tree trunk as found at the Veluwe, The Netherlands Wood is an organic material found as the primary content of the stems of woody plants, especially trees, but also shrubs. ... A Mudbrick is an unfired brick made of clay. ... Cranes are essential in construction, as seen in this photo of the construction of a skyscraper Construction on the North Bytown Bridge in Ottawa, Canada. ... Stone can refer to any of the following: Stone may be used as a building material, as in this dry stone wall The Rolling Stones, the Worlds Greatest Rock and Roll Band. ...

The lower levels of proto-Sesklo lack of pottery, but they soon developed a very fine glazed one (cups and bowls), that they decorate with geometric paintings in red or brown colours. In the Sesklo period properly, new types of ware are incorporated. At the end of the period the decoration evolves to flame motiffs. A man shapes pottery as it turns on a wheel. ...

One significative characteristic of this culture is the abundance of statuettes of women, often pregnant, what some consider to be a religious trait. Whichever the case, these abundant sculptures are present in all the Balcanic and most of the Danubian Neolithic complex form many milennia, though they can't be considered exclusive of this area.

The culture of Seklo is crucial in the expansion of Neolithic into Europe. All other Balcanic cultures (basically those of Karanovo I-II and Starcevo-Köros) originate here, and will be these which will stimulate the birth of the important Danubian Neolithic current. Also, it is thought that the differentiated settlements of pre-Sesklo can be, at least partly, at the origin of the Mediterranean Neolithic (Cardium pottery). So it can be said that, with very few exceptions, all European Neolithic originates here: in the Thessalia of Sesklo. Startsevo is a village in southern Bulgaria, Zlatograd municipality, located near the Greece border. ... Körös is a Hungarian toponym with several meanings: Körös or CriÅŸ, a river that flows into Tisza, was used for an archeological site of the Starcevo-Körös culture Hungarian name for Križevci, was used for the historic Belovár-Körös county... This is an article about the Danubian Neolithic culture For the River Danube go to Danube River The term Danubian culture was coined by the Australian archaeologist Vere Gordon Childe for the first agrarian society in central and eastern Europe. ... Cardium Pottery or rather Printed-Cardium Pottery is a Neolithic decorative style that gets its name from the imprinting of the clay with the shell of the Cardium edulis, a marine molusk. ...

This culture lasted more than one full milennium, until the arrival, c. 5000 BCE, of a second wave of peoples carrying a different culture (Dimini) brought end to it, apparently through violent conquest. Dimini (Greek: Διμήνι), older forms: Diminio and Diminion was a village nearby the city of Volos, in Thessaly (central Greece), in the prefecture of Magnesia. ...

Other

Sesklo has a small school, a church, a small post office, and a small square (plateia). Plateia (πλατεία) is the Greek word for town square. ...

Historical population

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External links

• Sesklo Neolithic settlement
• http://hellas.teipir.gr/prefectures greek/Magnisias/SeskloArxaiol.htm (in Greek)
• Mapquest - Sesklo, street map not yet available
• Coordinates: 39°21′5″ N 22°49′46″ 40