Area 578
Main Information
| Area ID | 578 |
| Site |
Knossos |
| Area type | settlement |
| Area NR | |
| Period | Crete/Evans, Vagnetti: Aceramic Neolithic Crete/Tomkins 2007: Initial Neolithic |
| 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 |
P. Tomkins, Neolithic: Strata IX-VIII, VII-VIB, VIA-V, IV, IIIB, IIIA, IIA, and IC Groups, 2007, London Alram-Stern, Eva, Die Ägäische Frühzeit, 2. Serie,Forschungsbericht 1977-2009. Das neolithische und vorpalastzeitliche Kreta, None, None |
| Comment | Stratum 39 = Stratum X = Aceramic Neolithic (Evans/Vagnetti) = Initial Neolithic (Tomkins) |
| Settlement type | tell |
| Settlement structure | |
| Settlement building type | |
| Settlement building shape | |
| Settlement building technique |
mud brick timber |
| Settlement archaeological features |
pit storage building |
| 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 |
inhumation |
| Grave: estimated number of individuals | |
| Grave: age groups |
infans I (0-6) infans II (7-12) neonate |
| 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 | In the earliest phase of the Neolithic, the south-eastern part of the Kephala hill was inhabited Stratum 39 in the northeastern part of the West Court and the Central Court of the Palace shows that farming is fully developed. Remains of plants imply a thermo-Mediterranean climate. Some stone-, flint- and obsidian-tools were found. Although obsidian (probably from Melos) was preferred, it occurred rarely (same as flint). Other materials include silicates, radiolarite and green and white quartz. Animal remains show that sheep, goats, cattle, pigs and dogs were domesticated (no traces of proto-domestication). Crop was possibly already stored in mud brick-timber-constructions at the edge of the settlement. The connected, open court-area was probably used for food-preparation and -consumption. The finds of many pits with traces of fire and carbonized crop and animal bones, as well as vessel fragments from the surface of that stratum are indicative for the communal usage of the court. In Area AC in the open country were child-burials (fetuses, neonates, infants) in a contracted position. |
| Comment |
Location of the Site
Bibliography
Finds in this Area
| Finds |
ID 1295 animal remains ID 1296 botany ID 1297 lithics ID 1298 small finds tool ID 1299 small finds other |
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