The Neolithic in Albania - A very exellent description of the Neolithic era in Albania, very rare topic!!!

The Neolithic in Albania Introduction: The Neolithic culture in Albania is very broad and has been studied intensively beginning from after World War II. "During the Neolithic Age (7000 to 3000 years BC) Albania's territory has been widely inhabited. This is proved by tens of settlements discovered, which were set up on fertile fields and terraces close to rivers and caves." (Cultural Heritage) "Excavations carried out at Maliq, Dunavec, and Vashtemi (Korce), at Kamnik (Kolonje) Cakran (Filer), …

…s of the early Neolithic culture of the Central and East Balkans and of the contemporary Adriatic complex, and again of elements of the Middle Neolithic culture of the Adriatic zone and of Vinca, Dhimini and so on. Thus Albania had without question an important place in the Neolithic structure of the Balkans, and it played a not insignificant role in the synchronization of the individual Neolithic groups of the peninsula." (Cambridge Ancient History 191)