Area 623
Main Information
| Area ID | 623 |
| Site |
Phaistos |
| Area type | settlement |
| Area NR | |
| Period | Crete/Tomkins 2007: Final Neolithic III |
| 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 | |
| Settlement type | None |
| Settlement structure | |
| Settlement building type | |
| Settlement building shape |
circular rectangular |
| Settlement building technique | |
| Settlement archaeological features |
courtyard pit |
| 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 | 1 |
| Grave type |
pit grave |
| Grave: type of human remains |
secondary deposition |
| Grave: estimated number of individuals | 1 |
| Grave: age groups |
adult (19-40) |
| 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 | On the natural ground beneath the Central Court and its western side, remains of a rectangular building, rectangular walls, pits and a circular building were found. A massive wall with stucco on both sides, formed the main part of a house. Three rooms of this house could be identified.The layout can be compared to buildings in Knossos and Katsambas. Close to the Central Court in corridor 7, cult activities took place. vessels with pastose painting, a sifter, a triton's trumpet with pastose painting (maybe used as a rhyton) astragali and animal bones were found. Also close by, there was a grave pit with an adult in a secondary deposition, whose body was covered with stones. Close to the West Court, comparable objects were found. Concluding, on the area of the later Palace, several buildings with two open courts between them, that were used for ceremonial activities, existed in the Final Neolithic III. Because of domestic pottery and tools (stone, bone, clay), domestic activities and tool production took place. It is assumed that pottery and textiles were also produced here. |
| Comment |
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