Sesklo archaeological site

Sesklo (; ) is a village in Greece that is located near Volos, a city located within the municipality of Aisonia. The municipality is located within the regional unit of Magnesia that is located within the administrative region of Thessaly. During the prehistory of Southeastern Europe, Sesklo was a significant settlement of Neolithic Greece, before the advent of the Bronze Age and millennia before the Mycenaean period.

Key facts

Greek Dimos.name: Sesklo
Greek Dimos.name_local: Σέσκλο
Greek Dimos.type: community
Greek Dimos.periph: Thessaly
Greek Dimos.periphunit: Magnesia
Greek Dimos.municipality: Volos
Greek Dimos.municunit: Aisonia
Greek Dimos.population: 900
Greek Dimos.population_as_of: 2021
Greek Dimos.elevation: 200
Greek Dimos.postal_code: 385 00
Greek Dimos.area_code: 24210
Archaeological culture.name

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Sesklo culture
Pre-Sesklo
Population
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==Sesklo culture== The settlement at Sesklo gives its name to the earliest known Neolithic culture of Europe, which inhabited Thessaly and parts of Macedonia. The Neolithic settlement was discovered in the 19th century and the first excavations were made by the Greek archaeologist Christos Tsountas.