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Table 1: Shala Valley chronology showing major periods of occupation and key Modern historical phases.
PeriodDate of occupation
Middle Palaeolithic, OIS 5 135-115 kya
Early Iron Age 800-500 BC
Late Medieval AD 1200-1500
Modern AD 1500-present
Modern Phase Date
Ottoman AD 1468-1912
Albanian Federal AD 1912-1939
Italian and German Occupation AD 1939-1944
Communist AD 1944-1991
Democratic AD 1991-2009