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The [[Mesolithic]] in [[Greece]] occurred between the [[Upper Paleolithic]] and the [[Neolithic]]. Mesolithic sites in Greece were limited, and the majority are located near the coast. [[Franchthi Cave]], the [[Kalamakia Cave]]<ref>{{Cite journal|title=The Palaeolithic cave of Kalamakia|journal=Heliyon |date=May 2020 |volume=6 |issue=5 |pages=e03958 |doi=10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03958 |last1=Kolendrianou |first1=Maria |last2=Ligkovanlis |first2=Stefanos |last3=Maniakas |first3=Ioannis |last4=Tzortzi |first4=Marianthi |last5=Iliopoulos |first5=George |pmid=32490227 |pmc=7253483 }}</ref> in Mani ([[Peloponnese (region)|Peloponnese]]), the [[Asprochaliko Cave]] in [[Epirus (region)|Epirus]] (where the first excavation took place in 1960)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Greek history|url=https://www.in2greece.com/english/historymyth/ancient_hist_and_myth.htm}}</ref> and the [[Theopetra Cave]] are among the most important [[Mesolithic]] sites in Greece and [[Southeast Europe]],<ref>{{Cite book|last=Perles|first=Catherine|title=The Mesolithic at Franchth|publisher=The British school at Athens|year=2003}}</ref> and were inhabited almost continuously throughout the Paleolithic and the Mesolithic Period.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Palaeolithic habitation in Greece|url=http://www.ime.gr/chronos/01/en/pl/housing/index.html |access-date=2021-08-25|website=Foundation of the Hellenic World (Ίδρυμα Μείζονος Ελληνισμού)}}</ref> | The [[Mesolithic]] in [[Greece]] occurred between the [[Upper Paleolithic]] and the [[Neolithic]]. Mesolithic sites in Greece were limited, and the majority are located near the coast. [[Franchthi Cave]], the [[Kalamakia Cave]]<ref>{{Cite journal|title=The Palaeolithic cave of Kalamakia|journal=Heliyon |date=May 2020 |volume=6 |issue=5 |pages=e03958 |doi=10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03958 |last1=Kolendrianou |first1=Maria |last2=Ligkovanlis |first2=Stefanos |last3=Maniakas |first3=Ioannis |last4=Tzortzi |first4=Marianthi |last5=Iliopoulos |first5=George |pmid=32490227 |pmc=7253483 }}</ref> in Mani ([[Peloponnese (region)|Peloponnese]]), the [[Asprochaliko Cave]] in [[Epirus (region)|Epirus]] (where the first excavation took place in 1960)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Greek history|url=https://www.in2greece.com/english/historymyth/ancient_hist_and_myth.htm}}</ref> and the [[Theopetra Cave]] are among the most important [[Mesolithic]] sites in Greece and [[Southeast Europe]],<ref>{{Cite book|last=Perles|first=Catherine|title=The Mesolithic at Franchth|publisher=The British school at Athens|year=2003}}</ref> and were inhabited almost continuously throughout the Paleolithic and the Mesolithic Period.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Palaeolithic habitation in Greece|url=http://www.ime.gr/chronos/01/en/pl/housing/index.html |access-date=2021-08-25|website=Foundation of the Hellenic World (Ίδρυμα Μείζονος Ελληνισμού)}}</ref> | ||
=== Neolithic Period to Bronze Age ( | === Neolithic Period to Bronze Age (7000–{{bc-i|1100 BC}}) === | ||
[[File:Proto Greek Area reconstruction.png|thumb|275px|[[Proto-Greek language|Proto-Greek]] linguistic area according to linguist [[Vladimir I. Georgiev]].<ref>{{harvnb|Georgiev|1981|loc=pp. 156, 192}}.</ref>]] | [[File:Proto Greek Area reconstruction.png|thumb|275px|[[Proto-Greek language|Proto-Greek]] linguistic area according to linguist [[Vladimir I. Georgiev]].<ref>{{harvnb|Georgiev|1981|loc=pp. 156, 192}}.</ref>]] | ||
{{main|Neolithic Europe|Neolithic Greece|Pelasgians|Helladic period|Proto-Greek}} | {{main|Neolithic Europe|Neolithic Greece|Pelasgians|Helladic period|Proto-Greek}} |