Μαραθούσα
1: Μερική άποψη του χώρου της ανασκαφής με τμήμα του σκελετού του ελέφαντα
(φωτ. ΥΠΟΠΑΙΘ). An open air archaeological site of the Lower Paleolithic
period was located and is being excavated in the coal mining area of the Public
Power Corporation S.A. in Megalopoli of Arcadia, Greece. More particular, at
the site Marathousa 1, stone artefacts were found, stratified in situ and in
relation to elephant bones of the Elephas antiquus species and
other mammals, which, according to preliminary dating, have an age of
300,000-600,000 years. Marathousa 1: View of the excavation with part of the
elephant skeleton (photo: Ministry of Culture, Education and Religious
Affairs).
