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The Neolithic site of Avgi is located on a hilly terrain (c. 740 m a.s.l.) of clay rich deposits at Kastoria region, northwestern Greece, very close to the modern village of Avgi (0,5 km) and close to the modern town of Argos Orestiko (7 km to the East) as well as Lake Orestis (c. 10 km to the Northeast). Based on radiocarbon dating the Neolithic settlement dates to the Middle Neolithic (c. 5700-5300 cal BC) and the Late Neolithic I and II (c. 5300-4500/4300 cal BC).The earliest use of the site dates to c. 5650 cal BC.