Editing Archaic Greece (section)

==== ''Upper Paleolithic in Graecia (32,000 to 12,000 BCE)'' ====
Chipped stone tools of <u>Paleolithic</u> hunters have been found across mainland <u>Greece</u>, but none yet from <u>Crete</u> or the other islands. Excavations at Franchthi Cave (on the <u>Bay of Argos</u>, <u>SE Peloponnese</u>) show that boats had already sailed to the island of '''Melos''' (N of <u>Crete</u>) for '''obsidian''' / volcanic glass for use as early tools (13,000 to 11,000 BCE). Organized community '''tuna''' hunts, domestication of animals, and cultivation of hybrid '''grains''' had already begun in this early period.  Tools included '''flakes''', '''denticulates''', '''notches''', '''endscrapers''' and geometric '''microliths''' made of flint and obsidian. Additionally, bone and antler tools were manufactured, mainly fishhooks, needles, spatulas and small spoons made of limpet shell.  Numerous burials close to permanent settlements show a respect for the dead and possible belief in life-after-death. Evidence of both simple inhumation and cremation are present.