Finds 1295

Main Information

Finds ID	1295
Site	Knossos
Area	ID 578 settlement
Research event
Finds type	animal remains
Small finds category	None
Small finds type
Botany species
Animal remains species	cattle (Bos taurus) dog (Canis familiaris) goat (Capra hircus) pig (Sus scrofa domesticus) sheep (Ovis aries)
Animal remains completeness	None
Animal remains part
Lithics technology
Lithics industry
Lithics cores and preparation
Lithics retouched tools
Lithics unretouched tools
Lithics raw material
Obsidian	None
Obsidian amount	None
Pottery form
Pottery detail
Pottery decoration
Pottery type	None
Amount
Material
Confidence	None
Comment	The animals were all domesticated. Some animal bones were found in the court-area of stratum 39 (Knossos X).

Bibliography

Reference	P. Tomkins, Communality and Competition: the Social Life of Food and Containers at Aceramic and Early Neolithic Knossos, Crete, 2007, Oxford N. Efstratiou et al., The Neolithic Settlement of Knossos: New Light on an Old Picture, 2004, London M.R. Jarman, Human Influence in the Development of the Cretan Mammalian Fauna, 1996, Pennsylvania Alram-Stern, Eva, Die Ägäische Frühzeit, 2. Serie,Forschungsbericht 1977-2009. Das neolithische und vorpalastzeitliche Kreta, None, None

Interpretations related to these Finds

Interpretation	ID 65