Finds 1353

Main Information

Finds ID	1353
Site	Phaistos
Area	ID 624 settlement
Research event
Finds type	pottery
Small finds category	None
Small finds type
Botany species
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	Burnished Granulata ware Scribble burnished
Pottery type	None
Amount
Material
Confidence	None
Comment	In Final Neolithic IV, there mainly is burnished red and brown ware. New: Granulata-ware, rose-colored clay that was scribble.burnished. The pottery was mainly used for communal, ritual meals, and rarely for cooking.

Bibliography

Reference	S. Todaro - S. di Tonto, The Neolithic Settlement of Phaistos Revisited: Evidence for Ceremonial Activity on the Eve of the Bronze Age, 2008, Oxford 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 78