Klimonas

Klimonas
An Early Pre-Pottery Neolithic Village in Cyprus
Un village néolithique pré-céramique ancien à Chypre

Klimonas is the oldest Mediterranean island village. Occupied ca. 8 800 cal BC, it postpones by several centuries the Neolithic presence in Cyprus, at that time located more than 80 km offshore.
The village extended over more than 5,500 mÇ, facing the sea, 2 km from the famous pre-pottery site of Shillourokambos and near rich flint outcrops. Excavations (2009-2016) revealed that it was composed of circular or oval earthen buildings 3-6 m in diameter, notched into the slope, modestly fitted out and organised around a semi-buried 10 m communal building.
The construction techniques, the abundance of either knapped or polished stone material, together with ornaments,
symbolic objects, and plants and animal remains, as well as the 52 radiometric dates, point to the end of the Levantine
Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA). The presence of a communal b