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Sesklo

ancient town, Greece

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In Aegean civilizations: Neolithic (New Stone Age)
…with specialized industries like potteries; Sesklo is an important site several acres in extent, with nearly 30 houses, a sophisticated gate, and striking red-and-white pottery. In the Late Neolithic, walled communities with special big houses that had megarons (central halls), as at Dhimini, suggest social hierarchies and dominant chiefs.
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excavations near Vólos

In Vólos
The Neolithic towns of Sesklo and Dimini also stood near present-day Vólos, and just south of it are the ruins of Pagasae, a prominent port from Mycenaean to late Classical times. In 293 bce Pagasae was eclipsed by the newly founded Macedonian town of Demetrias to the north of…
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