# Canonical recap data for Sesklo Culture Emergence in Greece (6850)
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slug: sesklo-culture-emergence
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/6850/sesklo-culture-emergence"
title: Sesklo Culture Emergence in Greece
subtitle: Early Neolithic Aegean settlements show evidence of organized gathering spaces and ritual structures marking proto-democratic community assembly.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 6850-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 6850
decade: 6850
country:
name: Greece
slug: greece
summaryShort: Sesklo is a village in Greece that is located near Volos, a city located within the municipality of Aisonia. The municipality is located within the regional unit of Magnesia that is located within the administrative region of Thessaly. During the prehistory of Southeastern Europe, Sesklo was a significant settlement of
summaryLong: Sesklo is a village in Greece that is located near Volos, a city located within the municipality of Aisonia. The municipality is located within the regional unit of Magnesia that is located within the administrative region of Thessaly. During the prehistory of Southeastern Europe, Sesklo was a significant settlement of Neolithic Greece, before the advent of the Bronze Age and millennia before the Mycenaean period.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Ancient_Greece_Neolithic_Pottery_-_28171056730.jpg/1280px-Ancient_Greece_Neolithic_Pottery_-_28171056730.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Gary Todd · via Wikipedia
importance: 71
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesklo"
  title: Sesklo culture
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- festival
metaDescription: Sesklo is a village in Greece that is located near Volos, a city located within the municipality of Aisonia. The municipality is located within the regional uni
wikidataQid: Q38281192
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260322065636/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesklo"
  capturedAt: 2026-03-22
  label: Sesklo culture
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesklo"
