Finds 1648

Main Information

Finds ID	1648
Site	Knossos
Area	ID 657 settlement
Research event	excavation: research Knossos Throne-Room/South-West Wing/West-Court 1987
Finds type	small finds
Small finds category	tool
Small finds type	Axe
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
Pottery type	None
Amount	501-1000
Material	stone
Confidence	None
Comment	One axe was found on the Koutoulaki-field in the North; in the 550 found stone axes, no typological development is visible. The axes were best-suited to chop wood. The different materials indicate an exchange network (peridotite imported from northwestern of Anoyeia, 20 km western of Knossos; dark diorite from the Asterousia-Mountains and from southern of Ano Viannos, 45 km away from Knossos)

Bibliography

Reference	no name provided, ARepLon 2005-2006, 107., None, None Th.F. Strasser, Three Axe Groups from Neolithic Knossos, 2004, London no name provided, ARepLon 53, 2006-2007, 108, None, None Alram-Stern, Eva, Die Ägäische Frühzeit, 2. Serie,Forschungsbericht 1977-2009. Das neolithische und vorpalastzeitliche Kreta, None, None Th. F. Strasser, Stones in Contention: Regional Axe Production and Hidden Landscapes on Neolithic Crete, 2008, Oxford Th.F. Strasser - Ch.G. Fassoulas, Granodiorite Axes from Knossos and Their Implications for Neolithic Trade on Crete, 2003,

Interpretations related to these Finds

Interpretation	ID 83