Area 62


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Area ID 62
Site Melidoni-Cave
Area type cave or rockshelter
Area NR
Period Crete/Evans, Vagnetti: Early Neolithic I
Crete/Evans, Vagnetti: Early Neolithic II
Crete/Tomkins 2007: Early 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 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 Early Neolithic refers 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
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 Early Neolithic pottery was found in a Final Neolithic stratum in the "Hall of the Heroes".
Comment I am not sure if the human skeletal remains belong to the Early Neolithic, because it is only mentioned that they were found in the lowermost stratum.
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