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Sésklon (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 39 21 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 39.3500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 022 50 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 22.8333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Gives its name to the first Neolithic culture of Europe, the remains of which are located nearby. The site may have housed some three thousand to four thousand inhabitants at its peak. The Sesklo culture extends from Serbia in western Macedonia south to Lianokladhi in Phthiotis, covering one hundred square miles or more. |
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| Sésklon (preferred,C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Sesklo (C,V)
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| Séskoulo (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Séskoulon (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Σέσκλο (C,V,Greek,U)
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Thessalía (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Magnisía (regional division) (P) |
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Sésklon (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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Neolithic settlement near here |
| village (C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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