Area 144
Main Information
| Area ID | 144 |
| Site |
Platia Magoula Zarkou |
| Area type | cemetery or grave |
| Area NR | |
| Period | Thessaly/Reingruber: Late Neolithic: Tsangli, Arapi |
| Dating method | material culture |
| Radiocarbon dated | None |
| Earliest date: Lab Number | |
| Earliest date: 14C age (BP) | |
| Earliest date: Calibration | None |
| Earliest date: 14C age calibrated (BC) | |
| Earliest date: Date of calibration | None |
| Earliest date: Standard deviation | None |
| Earliest date: Delta 13C | None |
| Earliest date: Dated by | |
| Latest date: Lab Number | |
| Latest date: 14C age (BP) | |
| Latest date: Calibration | None |
| Latest date: 14C age calibrated (BC) | |
| Latest date: Date of calibration | None |
| Latest date: Standard deviation | None |
| Latest date: Delta 13C | None |
| Latest date: Dated by | |
| Period Reference | |
| Comment | |
| Settlement type | None |
| Settlement structure | |
| Settlement building type | |
| Settlement building shape | |
| Settlement building technique | |
| Settlement archaeological features | |
| Cave/rockshelters type | None |
| Cave/rockshelters: Evidence of graves/human remains | |
| Cave/rockshelters: Evidence of occupation | |
| Quarry exploitation type | None |
| Quarry raw material | |
| Cemetery/graves topography |
extramural |
| Cemetery/graves mortuary features | |
| Grave: number of graves | |
| Grave type |
vessel |
| Grave: type of human remains |
cremation |
| Grave: estimated number of individuals | 60 |
| Grave: age groups |
adult (19-40) infans I (0-6) juvenile (13-18) |
| Grave: sexes |
female individuals male individuals |
| Grave: number of female sex | 1 |
| Grave: number of male sex | 3 |
| Grave: number of not specified sex | 56 |
| Grave: disturbance of graves | |
| Description | The cremations were placed either individually or in groups. The burnt bones were in urns, which were either laid upright or upside down with the mouth down and were sometimes covered with another pot. In many cases, the urn was accompanied by a smaller vessel containing no bones. As urns ordinary pots were used which showed numerous traces of use. The cemetery has been dated to the beginning of the Late Neolithic, which makes it one of the oldest cemeteries excavated in Greece. |
| Comment |
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