Finds 1296

Main Information

Finds ID	1296
Site	Knossos
Area	ID 578 settlement
Research event
Finds type	botany
Small finds category	None
Small finds type
Botany species	almond () einkorn wheat (Triticum monococcum) emmer wheat (Triticum turgidum subsp. dicoccum) fig (None) pea (Pisum sativum) wheat (Tricinum aestivum) wild einkorn (Triticum monococcum subsp. baeoticum) wild emmer (Triticum turgidum subsp. dicoccoides) wild pea (Pisum humile)
Animal remains species
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	Crop plants (figs, almonds, several grains, vegetables) have been cultivated since the Aceramic Neolithic. Some carbonized crops were found in the court area of stratum 39. Maybe the crops were stored in mud brick-timber constructions at the edge of the settlement, which indicates communal storage. Also, the found botanical remains indicate a thermo-Mediterranean climate.

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 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 66