Achilleion (Thessaly)

Achilleion is an early Neolithic site in Thessaly, Greece. It was partly excavated by the American archaeologist Marija Gimbutas. She claims to have reached aceramic layers, similar to those at Argissa Magoula, but this interpretation has been disputed due to the small extent of the trench.

Sources

• Marija Gimbutas, Shan Winn, Daniel Shimabuku, Achilleion, a Neolithic settlement in Thessaly, Greece, 6400-5600 B.C. Los Angeles, Calif., Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles 1989.
• Perlès, Catherine: The early Neolithic in Greece: the first farming communities in Europe. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press 2001.
• Björk, Claude: Early pottery in Greece : a technological and functional analysis of the evidence from neolithic Achilleion, Thessaly. Jonsered, Sweden, P. Åströms V. 1995.