Klithi or Kleidi Cave (
Greek: Σπήλαιο Κλειδί, Spelaio Kleidi) is located to the north of the village of
Kleidonia in the
Ioannina regional unit and around 500 m (1,600 ft) west of the
Megalakkos Cave, northwestern
Greece. It is situated atop the northern bank of the
Voidomatis river valley.
Archaeology
Archaeological excavations that were undertaken by a British team between 1983 and 1986 revealed the cave that contained artefacts, stone tools,
faunal remains and other
fossils, that were dated back to the
Paleolithic and the
Epigravettian culture between 20,000 and 12,000 years ago.[1][2][3] Analogous discoveries were made by the same research team in the neighbouring
Megalakkos cave.
Further reading
Geoff Bailey (ed) 1997. Klithi: Palaeolithic Settlement and Quaternary Landscapes in North-west Greece, Cambridge: Macdonald Institute for Archaeological Research, 2 vols.