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Excavations at the Early Neolithic Site at Nea Nikomedeia, Greek Macedonia (1961 season)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 May 2014

Robert J. Rodden ,
G. W. Dimbleby ,
A. C. Western ,
E. H. Willis ,
E. S. Higgs  and
W. J. Clench
Robert J. Rodden
Affiliation:
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University
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The site of the early prehistoric farming settlement at Nea Nikomedeia, Western Macedonia, was first noted in 1958 by Mr Photios Petsas, Ephore of Antiquities of the area for the Greek Archaeological Service: he investigated the reported discovery of archaeological finds exposed during the course of removing earth from an inconspicuous mound to make a road embankment, and forthwith stopped further destruction of the site. His willing advice and assistance, and the most generous cooperation of the Greek Archaeological Service under the direction of Dr John Papadimitriou, and of the Ministry of Agriculture, made possible the five-week excavation season in the summer of 1961. The excavations were carried out under the aegis of the British School at Athens. Thanks are due to the British Academy, the Crowther-Benyon Fund administered by the University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Cambridge, and the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research for providing the necessary funds. I wish to acknowledge help and guidance both in the field and in the preparation of this report from Professor Grahame Clark, under whose supervision I worked at Cambridge University during the academic years 1959–60 and 1960–61. Grateful acknowledgment is also made to Mr R. W. Hutchinson for his valuable help in the field, and to the undergraduates and research students from the University of Cambridge who willingly undertook most of the field and laboratory work. The ready assistance of the Curator of the University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and his staff in shipping matters and the loan of equipment is greatly appreciated.

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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 28 , December 1962 , pp. 267 - 288
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Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1962

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