The southern coast of the Peninsula hosts the earliest known archaeological site on the island, at Aetokremnos. It is a hunter-gatherer site dated to 12,000 years ago, with findings which include bones of pigmy hippos and pigmy elephants.  The role of humans in their extinction is unclear, but these animals would have been easy prey for hunters who may have journeyed from the mainland. Examples of the remains are housed at the Limassol District Archaeological Museum.