Megalos Peristeres cave - Rethymno - 2025
Informations Générales
Numéro de la notice
22735
Année de l'opération
2025
Chronologie
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Toponyme
Rethymnon, Rethimnon
Rethymnon, Rethimnon
Notices et opérations liées
Description
Megalos Peristeres Cave - Rethymno. Andreas Darlas (Ephorate of Palaeoanthropology-Speleology) and Thomas Strasser (Providence College) report on the second season of a synergasia between the Ephorate of Palaeoanthropology-Speleology and ASCSA.
Six new trenches were opened, in order to learn the extent and nature of the stratigraphy in trench X08, and to learn how much of the Palaeoloxodon was preserved in addition to its atlas bone found in 2024. A significant challenge was that much of the area was covered by a layer of highly calcified soil, often with many bones solidified within. One third of the skeleton of the Palaeoloxodon, along with obsidian immediatedly beside a rib, (Fig. 1) and a lithic artifact below the calcified soil. A complete elephant tusk was also found as well as some molars in adn below the calcified soil level.
Six new trenches were opened, in order to learn the extent and nature of the stratigraphy in trench X08, and to learn how much of the Palaeoloxodon was preserved in addition to its atlas bone found in 2024. A significant challenge was that much of the area was covered by a layer of highly calcified soil, often with many bones solidified within. One third of the skeleton of the Palaeoloxodon, along with obsidian immediatedly beside a rib, (Fig. 1) and a lithic artifact below the calcified soil. A complete elephant tusk was also found as well as some molars in adn below the calcified soil level.
Auteur de la notice
Georgios Mouratidis
Références bibliographiques
Unpublished ASCSA field report.
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Date de création
2026-09-16 10:38:10
Dernière modification
2026-10-01 09:08:54
Figure(s)
Fig. 1/ Obsidian found near Paleoloxodon creutzburgi’s rib.
Fig. 2/ Lithic artifact recently (Oct. 2025) found associated with the Paleoloxodon creutzburgi.