Area 633
Main Information
| Area ID | 633 |
| Site |
Knossos |
| Area type | settlement |
| Area NR | |
| Period | Crete/Evans, Vagnetti: Early Neolithic I Crete/Tomkins 2007: Late Neolithic I |
| 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 VIA - V = Late Neolithic I (Tomkins) = Early Neolithic I (Evans) |
| Settlement type | tell |
| Settlement structure | |
| Settlement building type | |
| Settlement building shape | |
| Settlement building technique | |
| Settlement archaeological features |
courtyard |
| 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 |
adult subadult |
| 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 Late Neolithic I, the settlement expanded. There were organized court-groups. The houses were of better quality with thick walls (with stucco) and a differentiated ground plan with thicker external walls, narrow entrances and a complexly arranged interior. Also, they enclosed small courtyards. These changes indicate an isolation of households. There were human skeletal remains scattered in Late Neolithic layers (adults and children). Cultivated plants: intensive cultivation of wheat and barley; einkorn Pottery: the clay came from the nearer and farther vicinity of Knossos, was calcareous or lime-deficient and had a big variety in grogging material. Decorations: orange, red or dark-brown paintings, simple motifs, on beige ground; incised-pointillé, incised without pointillé; new forms: everted cups, bucket-like vessels, biconical bowls (straight-walled or offset rim). Obsidian: from Melos (Adamas and Demenegaki-deposit) Animal remains: sheep/goat; cattle (mainly female, for milk and as draft animals) |
| Comment |
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