Petralona cave

The Petralona Cave a karst formation, is located at 300 m (984 ft) above sea-level on the western foot of Mount Katsika, about 1 km (0.62 mi) east of the village of Petralona, about 35 km (22 mi) south-east of Thessaloniki city on the Chalkidiki peninsula, Greece. The site came to public attention when in 1960 a fossilized archaic human skull was found. The cave had been discovered accidentally only a year earlier (1959) after erosion had left clefts in the rock. "Bejeweled" with impressive stalactite and stalagmite formations and holding an abundance of fossils, the cave soon attracted geologists and paleontologists. After decades of excavations the cave is open to the public and scientific work is documented and presented in an adjacent archaeological museum.

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  Petralona cave ⓘ
  cave and archeological location in Petralona, Chalkidiki, Greece

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Eingang Petralona Hoehle

Nachbildung mausoleum petralona

Der Aufgang zur Höhle

Petralona cave tourist path

Petralona cave formations

• Numerical description of selected endo- and ectocranial dimensions in Homo sapiens and the three Homo heidelbergensis: Kabwe, Atapuerca and Petralona - scientific article published in December 2002
• Faunal and tool distribution in the layers of petralona cave - , 1983
• Some further notes on the morphology and dating of the Petralona hominid - , 1983
• ESR-dating of the fossil hominid cranium from Petralona Cave, Greece - scientific article published in Nature, Q1860, 1981
• A comparison of the Rhodesian and Petralona upper jaws in relation to other pleistocene hominids - scientific article published on 1 January 1975, Q1860
• Natural radiation dose in Petralona Cave. - scientific article published in February 1986
• Petralona Cave dating controversy - scientific article published in Nature, Q1860, 1982
• Some ²³⁰Th /²³⁴U Dates on detrital travertines from Petralona Cave, Greece - , 1980
• A multivariate study of the Petralona skull - , Q1860, 1974

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
site	cave		Petralona cave	show cave, archaeological site	Wikidata
commons	image		Eingang Petralona Hoehle		Commons
commons	image		Nachbildung mausoleum petralona		Commons
commons	image		Der Aufgang zur Höhle		Commons
commons	image		Petralona cave tourist path		Commons
commons	image		Petralona cave formations		Commons