THE ISLAND OF THASOS FROM THE NEOLITHIC TO THE EARLY BRONZE AGE. EXCAVATION DATA AND ABSOLUTE DATES By Stratis Papadopoulos

https://www.academia.edu/24872124/THE_ISLAND_OF_THASOS_FROM_THE_NEOLITHIC_TO_THE_EARLY_BRONZE_AGE_EXCAVATION_DATA_AND_ABSOLUTE_DATES The earliest evidence of human presence in Thasos ( ) comes from the area of Limenaria, in the ochre mines of "Tzines", which, according to radiocarbon dating, were exploited during the last phase of the Paleolithic period, around 20,000 BC 4 . However, the first indications of permanent habitation do not appear until the middle of the 6 th millennium BC: the coastal settlement of Limenaria is so far the oldest permanent settlement on the island, with occupation attested at least since the end of the Middle Neolithic 5 . ...