Traditional
Settlements:
Mikro Horio (Megalo Horio)
Airports:
No
Domestic
Port Authorities
City:
Drossopigi
Island:
Tilos
Harbour:
Tilos
Category:
Port Authority Station
Tel:
22410 44350
VHF
Channels:
12
Caves
Name:
Xarkadio
Location:
Megalo Horio
Island:
Tilos
Description:
Charkadio Cave. Excavations conducted by paleontologists
Nikolaos Simeonidis and Georgios Theodoros brought to
light in 1971 Neolithic tools and bones of dwarf elephants
and of a deer, datable to 8000-7000 BC. The area is covered
with volcanic lava. The unearthed findings are displayed
at the Palaeontological Museum (Athens University Campus).