Area 6
Main Information
| Area ID | 6 |
| Site |
Agios Ioannis-Cave |
| Area type | cave or rockshelter |
| Area NR | |
| Period | Crete/Evans, Vagnetti: Late Neolithic Crete/Evans, Vagnetti: Final Neolithic Crete/Tomkins 2007: Late Neolithic I Crete/Tomkins 2007: Late Neolithic II Crete/Tomkins 2007: Final Neolithic IA Crete/Tomkins 2007: Final Neolithic II Crete/Tomkins 2007: Final Neolithic IB Crete/Tomkins 2007: Final Neolithic III Crete/Tomkins 2007: Final Neolithic IV |
| Dating method | |
| 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 |
Alram-Stern, Eva, Die Ägäische Frühzeit, 2. Serie,Forschungsbericht 1977-2009. Das neolithische und vorpalastzeitliche Kreta, None, None |
| Comment | It is not mentioned if the period Late Neolithic and Final Neolithic refer to Tomkins' or Evans/Vagnetti's definition. |
| 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 |
fireplace |
| Quarry exploitation type | None |
| Quarry raw material | |
| Cemetery/graves topography |
in cave |
| Cemetery/graves mortuary features | |
| Grave: number of graves | 2 |
| Grave type |
none recorded |
| Grave: type of human remains |
inhumation |
| Grave: estimated number of individuals | 2 |
| 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 | In the northern part of the foremost room of the cave a Neolithic burial was found, but the bones were in a very bad condition. In the stratum beneath it there was a second Neolithic burial in a sideways flexed position. An astragalos and a slate can be connected with it. |
| Comment | This cave is one of the oldest finds in the Chania area. |
Location of the Site
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