Aetokremnos is a rock shelter near Limassol on the southern coast of Cyprus. It is situated on a steep cliff site c. 40 m above the Mediterranean sea. The name means "Cliff of the eagles" in Greek. Around 40 m2 have been excavated and out of the four layers documented, the third is sterile.
The site contains mainly bones of the late Holocene dwarf fauna, such as pygmy elephants , the Cyprus Dwarf Hippopotamus and artifacts . There are no bones that show marks of butchery, but an unusually high frequency of burned bones. The pygmy hippos make up c. 74% of the bones, followed by fish remains and birds, mainly bustards. Dwarf elephants are comparatively rare . The presence of fallow deer and pig is puzzling, since these animals are thought to have been introduced only in the Neolithic period.
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