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Petrálona (abandoned dwelling) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 39 40 03 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 39.6675 decimal degrees |
| Long: 020 44 32 E degrees minutes |
Long: 20.7422 decimal degrees |
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Note: Site of remains of extinct animals and Neanderthal skull and skeleton, dated from possibly 70,000 years ago, but is most commonly agreed upon to be around 40,000 years old. Other artifacts date as early as 500,000 BCE. |
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| Petrálona (preferred,C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Petralona Cavern (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Petralona Cave (C,O,English,U)
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| Petralona (C,V,English,U,N)
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| Palaiá Alónia (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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Petrálona (abandoned dwelling) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| abandoned dwelling (preferred, C) |
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site of remains of early man |
| archaeological site (C) |
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| seasonally inhabited place (H) |
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| cave dwelling (H) |
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| Neanderthal (H) |
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