Within the framework of our project, we are now in Thessaly at the Diachronic Museum of Larissa for analyzing the materials from various Early, Middle and Late Neolithic sites in order to explore the evolution of the harvesting technologies of the first farming communities of the Thessalian plain.
The entrance of the Diachronic Museum of Larissa
Thessalian plane shows an incredible density of this type of sites, over 300 sites have been surveyed, even if only a small percentage have been excavated. Few areas in Europe has such a density of Neolithic settlements.
One of the labels of the museum with the distribution of the surveyed (yellow dots) and excavated (red dots) Neolithic mounds.
Materials conserved in the Museum are of exceptional relevance for the understanding of the Neolithic diffusion process, with some beautiful examples of clay human figurines.
Some of the materials exposed in the Museum.
The city of Larissa also conserves some relevant monuments from Greek, Byzantine and Ottoman periods, mainly concentrated in the acropolis of the city.
The ancient theater of the city (first half of the 3rd century BC- early 4th century).
We would like to thanks G. Toufeix and C. Mpatzelas for their kindness and their support, C. Perlés for introducing us to Greek Neolithic, E. Alram-Stern for allowing participating in the study of Platia Magoula and L. Papagiannaki and C. Moser for their joyful company and help.
Work in progress...
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