Area 657
Main Information
| Area ID | 657 |
| Site |
Knossos |
| Area type | settlement |
| Area NR | |
| Period | Crete/Evans, Vagnetti: Aceramic Neolithic 7000 - 6500 Crete/Evans, Vagnetti: Early Neolithic I 6500 - 4900 Crete/Evans, Vagnetti: Early Neolithic II 4900 - 4500 Crete/Evans, Vagnetti: Middle Neolithic Crete/Evans, Vagnetti: Late Neolithic 4500 - 3700 Crete/Evans, Vagnetti: Final Neolithic 3700 - 2900 Crete/Tomkins 2007: Initial Neolithic 7000 - 6500 Crete/Tomkins 2007: Early Neolithic 6500 - 5900 Crete/Tomkins 2007: Middle Neolithic 5900 - 5300 Crete/Tomkins 2007: Late Neolithic I 5300 - 4900 Crete/Tomkins 2007: Late Neolithic II 4900 - 4500 Crete/Tomkins 2007: Final Neolithic IA 4500 - 4200 Crete/Tomkins 2007: Final Neolithic II 3900 - 3600 Crete/Tomkins 2007: Final Neolithic IB 4200 - 3900 Crete/Tomkins 2007: Final Neolithic III 3600 - 3300 Crete/Tomkins 2007: Final Neolithic IV 3300 - 3000 |
| Dating method | material culture |
| Radiocarbon dated | None |
| Earliest date: Lab Number | |
| Earliest date: 14C age (BP) | None |
| Earliest date: Calibration | None |
| Earliest date: 14C age calibrated (BC) | None |
| 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) | None |
| Latest date: Calibration | None |
| Latest date: 14C age calibrated (BC) | None |
| 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 | tell |
| Settlement structure | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | The borders of the settlement lay inside the Royal Road in the West, outside of the core area there was no substantial expansion; one pottery shard was found close to the Bronze Age Houses, two pottery shards and one axe were found on the Koutoulaki-field in the North; finds from the Neolithic were also made at the border of the tell north-eastern of the Minoan Palace, and occasionally in the North and West of the Minoan Palace. The area probably grew to the size of 4 ha, the population was less than 1 000. The Kephala hill was continually inhabited, but the settlement moved to different spots on the hill over time, so the actual size of the settlement is hard to determine. The hinterland of Knossos had evergreen forests with oaks, bushes and a few conifers. The climate was thermo-mediterranean. |
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