Vavelidis, M., Christofides, G., & Melfos, V. (1997). Ancient gold mines near Krinides in Philippi area (Macedonia, N. Greece). Archaeometrie und Denkmalpflege, Wien, 84-86 (conference abstract).

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Group 1 - Elements
ⓘ	Native Gold	1.AA.05	Au

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Au	Gold
Au	ⓘ Native Gold	Au

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Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
- Kavala
  - Kavala
    - Krinides
      - Philippi

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References

Vavelidis, M., Christofides, G., & Melfos, V. (1997). Ancient gold mines near Krinides in Philippi area (Macedonia, N. Greece). Archaeometrie und Denkmalpflege, Wien, 84-86 (conference abstract).

Oikonomidis, Dimitrios; Vavelidis, Michael; Melfos, Vasilios; Artashova, Mariam (2016) Searching for ancient gold mines in Filippoi area, Macedonia, Greece, using Worldview-2 satellite imagery. Geocarto International, 32 (1). 87-96 doi:10.1080/10106049.2015.1128487

Giouri, Katerina; Melfos, Vasilios; Papadopoulou, Lamprini; Vavelidis, Michael; Alifragkis, Dimitrios (2018) Selected Metal Content and Binding Behaviour in Riverbed Sediments of the Kavala–Philippi Area (Northern Greece). Geosciences, 8 (5). 187 doi:10.3390/geosciences8050187

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