Area 315
Main Information
| Area ID | 315 |
| Site |
Katalymata/Monastiraki |
| Area type | settlement |
| Area NR | |
| Period | Crete/Tomkins 2007: Final Neolithic III |
| Dating method | material culture |
| Radiocarbon dated | no |
| 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 |
Tomkins, P., Strata IX-VIII, VII-VIB, VIA-V, IV, IIIB, IIIA, II, IIA, and IC Groups, 2007, K. Nowicki, The End of the Neolithic in Crete, 2002, Alram-Stern, Eva, Die Ägäische Frühzeit, 2. Serie,Forschungsbericht 1977-2009. Das neolithische und vorpalastzeitliche Kreta, None, None |
| Comment | Tomkins' Final Neolithic III is equivalent to Nowicki's Final Neolithic I. |
| Settlement type | None |
| Settlement structure | |
| Settlement building type | |
| Settlement building shape | |
| Settlement building technique | |
| Settlement archaeological features |
bench stone platform 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 | |
| Grave type | |
| Grave: type of human remains | |
| Grave: estimated number of individuals | |
| 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 | |
| Description | Final Neolithic finds were made on Terrace C in the rooms 4, 6 and the eastern area. The best feature in form of a layer of ashes directly on the natural ground was in room 6.This layer was rich in pottery and burned animal bones which indicates a context of food preparation. The same can be assumed for room 4. In the eastern part of room 6 the rock was carefully hewed and formed a platform which was used as a bench or as substructure for architecture. During the Final Neolithic a wall was built in room C which ran from the platform to the east. The room it created could have been used for stockpiling. The wall was given up during the Neolithic which indicates a prolonged and multi-phase usage. The western part of the terrace was probably used for preparing food. The usage of the eastern part of the terrace is uncertain. The terrace was abandoned in the Final Neolithic and not used until Middle Minoan II. Only terrace C seems to have been inhabited, but terrace B could have been used as well. |
| Comment |
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