Area 643


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Area ID 643
Site Knossos
Area type settlement
Area NR
Period Crete/Evans, Vagnetti: Late Neolithic
Crete/Tomkins 2007: Final Neolithic II
Dating method material culture
radiocarbon dating
Radiocarbon dated yes
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, Communality and Competition: the Social Life of Food and Containers at Aceramic and Early Neolithic Knossos, Crete, 2007, Oxford
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 II B = Final Neolithic II (Tomkins) = C14: 4050 - 3500 = absolute date (Tomkins): 3900 - 3600 = Late Neolithic (Evans)
Settlement type tell
Settlement structure
Settlement building type
Settlement building shape
Settlement building technique
Settlement archaeological features
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 Stratum II B was found especially in section FF, in the Central Court it was found directly above stratum III A and often directly beneath stratum I C. The inside of House G 1 was rebuilt in Final Neolithic II --> House G 2;
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