Finds 1646
Main Information
| Finds ID | 1646 |
| Site |
Knossos |
| Area |
ID 656 settlement |
| Research event | excavation: research Knossos Throne-Room/South-West Wing/West-Court 1987 |
| Finds type | animal remains |
| Small finds category | None |
| Small finds type | |
| Botany species | |
| Animal remains species |
cattle (Bos taurus) pig (Sus scrofa domesticus) sheep/goat (Ovis/Capra) |
| 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 | sometimes bite marks on bones (from dogs?), sometimes incisions from disassembling of the animals' meat, sometimes burn marks on the bones; the incisions on the bones indicate a more intensive skinning of the animals in the Final Neolithic than in later periods, and the animals were disassembled into bigger parts; the parts were probably cooked above pits or an open fire. to preserve the animal population, the exchange of breeder animals between households or even villages was necessary; sheep/goats were more suitable for the Neolithic ecosystem; when the woods in the vicinity of Knossos were decimated, cattle husbandry was possible in a bigger amount; in the late Final Neolithic, the cattle husbandry decreased again because of the need to adapt to the ecological circumstances. cows over the age of 5 were held for milk, for breeding or as draft animals |
Bibliography
Interpretations related to these Finds
| Interpretation |
ID 82
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