Aetokremnos

Aetokremnos is a rock shelter near Limassol on the southern coast of Cyprus. It is widely considered to host some of the oldest evidence of human habitation of Cyprus, dating to around 12,000 years ago. It is situated on a steep cliff site around above the Mediterranean Sea. The name means "Cliff of the eagles" in Greek. Around have been excavated and out of the four layers documented, the third is sterile.

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Ancient site.name: Aetokremnos
Ancient site.image: Aetokremnos 1960.jpg
Ancient site.alt: Aetokremnos upon its discovery, 1960, with fossil remains in the foreground
Ancient site.caption: Aetokremnos upon its discovery, 1960, with fossil remains in the foreground
Ancient site.map_type: Cyprus
Ancient site.map_alt: Aetokremnos in Cyprus
Ancient site.map_caption: Location in Cyprus
Ancient site.map_size: 250px
Ancient site.relief: yes
Ancient site.location: Near Limassol
Ancient site.region: Southern coast of Cyprus
Ancient site.type: Limestone
Ancient site.epochs: Mesolithic
Ancient site.occupants: Paleo humans

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== Discovery == The site, which is located on a British Royal Air Force base, was discovered in 1960 by an anonymous amateur, who reported the find to Stuart Swiny (director of the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute in Nicosia). Swiny noted the existence of flint artifacts and a large number of hippo bones and that much of the site had eroded into the Mediterranean. Subsequent study and excavation of the site was conducted by Swiny and other archaeologists.