Area 240
Main Information
| Area ID | 240 |
| Site |
Skoteini-Cave |
| Area type | cave or rockshelter |
| Area NR | |
| Period | Central and Southern Greece, Cyclades/Alram-Stern 1996: Late Neolithic I Central and Southern Greece, Cyclades/Alram-Stern 1996: Late Neolithic II Central and Southern Greece, Cyclades/Alram-Stern 1996: Chalcolithic/Final Neolithic Central and Southern Greece, Cyclades/Alram-Stern 1996: Chalcolithic/Final Neolithic (Late) |
| Dating method | material culture radiocarbon dating |
| Radiocarbon dated | yes |
| Earliest date: Lab Number | |
| Earliest date: 14C age (BP) | |
| Earliest date: Calibration | yes |
| 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 | yes |
| 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 | cave |
| Cave/rockshelters: Evidence of graves/human remains | |
| Cave/rockshelters: Evidence of occupation |
hearth stone setting storage facilities |
| Quarry exploitation type | None |
| Quarry raw material | |
| Cemetery/graves topography | |
| Cemetery/graves mortuary features | |
| Grave: number of graves | 2 |
| Grave type | |
| Grave: type of human remains |
secondary deposition |
| Grave: estimated number of individuals | 3 |
| Grave: age groups | |
| 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 |
looting |
| Description | The cave was mainly used for food storage as numerous Pithoi prove. The burials were only laid down when the cave was not used elsewhere and give the impression of secondary deposition. Moreover, in Late Neolithic a cemetery existed outside the cave, next to the settlement of Tharrounia which was situated near the cave. |
| Comment |
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