Argissa Magoula is a
Neolithic
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settlement mound (
tell) in
Thessaly
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in Greece. It was excavated by Vladimir Milojčić from the University of
Heidelberg
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in the 1950s. He claimed to have found evidence of an
aceramic Aceramic is defined as "not producing pottery". In archaeology, the term means "without pottery".
Aceramic societies usually used bark, basketry, gourds and leather for containers. It is sometimes used to refer to a specific early Neolithic perio ...
Neolithic
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, but this has been disputed.
Sources
* Eva Hanschmann and Vladimir Milojčić, Die deutschen Ausgrabungen auf der Argissa-Magula in Thessalien. III, Die frühe und beginnende mittlere Bronzezeit. Bonn: Habelt, 1976.
* Hanschmann, Eva, Die deutschen Ausgrabungen auf der Argissa-Magula in Thessalien. IV, Die mittlere Bronzezeit. Bonn: Habelt, 1981. Beiträge zur ur- und frühgeschichtlichen Archäologie des Mittelmeer-Kulturraumes 23–24.
1950s archaeological discoveries
Neolithic settlements in Thessaly
Former populated places in Greece
Tells (archaeology)
Buildings and structures in Larissa (regional unit)
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