Area 624
Main Information
| Area ID | 624 |
| Site |
Phaistos |
| Area type | settlement |
| Area NR | |
| Period | Crete/Tomkins 2007: Final Neolithic IV |
| 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 | |
| Settlement type | None |
| Settlement structure | |
| Settlement building type | |
| Settlement building shape | |
| Settlement building technique | |
| Settlement archaeological features |
courtyard fireplace hearth pit stone setting storage vessel |
| 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 | Domestic activity can only be observed southern of the Minoan ramp. Maybe the living quarters of the settlement were here, but the buildings consisted of perishable materials and were removed by later activities. In this area, also ritual activities took place. In 2000-2002, two hearths with a stone setting were found. Animal bones indicate communal cooking and eating. In 2004, beneath room XIX, a cooking area consisting of a permanent hearth and two pits, as well as a pillar-like stone. Animal bones and grinding stones were found together with a set of vessels that indicate ritual usage (amphorae in granulata-ware, bowls for serving or with a spout, and a jug). Beneath these finds there was a second feature that also dated into Final Neolithic IV and consisted of similar vessels, molluscs and copper ore, which fit together with earlier published miniature vessels, a magnetic piece of iron and a female figurine. Ritual activities were known to be held southern of Corridor 7. Here, two round, constructed hearths, sopper ore and vessels similar to those beneath Room XIX were found, as well as a lot of animal bones (sheep/goat, pig, cattle). Therefore it is assumed that there existed two open courtyards that were used for ceremonial purposes, maybe even intercommunal ones. |
| Comment |
Location of the Site
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Finds in this Area
Interpretations related to this Area
| Interpretation |
ID 78
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