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Nychia obsidian quarries, Milos

Mineral locality Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Flint and stone toolsFlint and stone tools

Also reported: obsidian (viewing only at the quarries).

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: James St. John (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Neolithic obsidian quarries that supplied the Aegean for millennia

Among the most studied prehistoric quarry complexes in the Mediterranean.

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