Area 413

Main Information

Area ID	413
Site	Pseira
Area type	settlement
Area NR
Period	Crete/Evans, Vagnetti: Final Neolithic Crete/Wilson, Momigliano: Early Minoan Ia Crete/Wilson, Momigliano: Early Minoan Ib
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	Alram-Stern, Eva, Die Ägäische Frühzeit, 2. Serie,Forschungsbericht 1977-2009. Das neolithische und vorpalastzeitliche Kreta, None, None
Comment	Final Neolithic and Early Minoan I can't be separated here.
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
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	The Minoan City Pseira shows clear evidence of the Final Neolithic and Early Minoan I. Final Neolithic pottery was found in the east of the harbour, approx. in the area of Building AC and the Plateia-Building. The Final Neolithic/Early Minoan I settlement probably extended from the north to the south of the island and therefore over the whole area of the Middle Minoan City.
Comment

Location of the Site

Bibliography

Reference	P.P. Betancourt, Pseira IV : Minoan Buildings in Areas B, C, D, and F, 1999, P.P. Betancourt - C. Davaras (Hrsg.), , Pseira II: Building AC (the Shrine) and Other Buildings in Area A, University Museum Monograph 94, Philadelphia 1998., None, None P.P. Betancourt - K. Davaras, Ανασκαφική έρευνα Ψειράς. Περιόδοι 1985 και 1986, 1986, Alram-Stern, Eva, Die Ägäische Frühzeit, 2. Serie,Forschungsbericht 1977-2009. Das neolithische und vorpalastzeitliche Kreta, None, None Ch.R. Floyd, Pseira III. The Plateia Building, 1998, Pennsylvania P.P. Betancourt - C. Davaras (Hrsg.), , Pseira IV : Minoan Buildings in Areas B, C, D, and F, University Museum Monograph 105, 1999., None, None

Finds in this Area

Finds	ID 1016 pottery Bowl ID 1017 pottery ID 1018 pottery Cup ID 1019 pottery

Interpretations related to this Area

Interpretation	ID 53