Area 23

Main Information

Area ID	23
Site	Sesklo
Area type	settlement
Area NR
Period	Thessaly/Reingruber: Early Neolithic: 'Protosesklo'
Dating method	material culture radiocarbon dating
Radiocarbon dated	yes
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	ceramics
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	ceramics
Period Reference	Liritzis Y., Galloway R.B., Thermoluminiscence dating of Neolithic Sesklo and Dimini, Thessaly,, 1980, Wijnen M.H.J.M.N., The Early Neolithic I Settlement at Sesklo. An Early Farming Community, 1981, Leiden
Comment
Settlement type	tell
Settlement structure
Settlement building type
Settlement building shape	circular rectangular
Settlement building technique	mud brick pavement pisé stone socket
Settlement archaeological features	fireplace hearth wall
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
Cemetery/graves mortuary features
Grave: number of graves	1
Grave type	pit grave
Grave: type of human remains	inhumation
Grave: estimated number of individuals	1
Grave: age groups	adult
Grave: sexes
Grave: number of female sex	None
Grave: number of male sex	None
Grave: number of not specified sex	None
Grave: disturbance of graves
Description	Skeleton in crouched position without offerings. It is probably the first funeral found in Thessaly for the Early Neolithic I Period.
Comment

Location of the Site

Bibliography

Reference	Theocharis D., Excavation of Sesklo, 1977, Adrimi-Sismani V., Le site préhistorique de Sesklo, 1991, Alram-Stern, Eva, Die Ägäische Frühzeit, 2. Serie, Forschungsbericht 1975–1993, 1. Band. Das Neolithikum in Griechenland mit Ausnahme von Kreta und Zypern, 1996, Wien Adrimi-Sismani V., Proistorikos oikismos Sesklou, 1990,

Finds in this Area

Finds	ID 49 pottery Bowl ID 50 small finds figurine ID 51 small finds jewellery ID 52 small finds tool ID 53 animal remains ID 76 pottery Collared Jar ID 77 pottery Globular Jar ID 1388 pottery ID 1396 pottery Bowl ID 1397 pottery Bowl ID 1407 pottery ID 1464 pottery Hole-mouthed Jar

Interpretations related to this Area

Interpretation	ID 3