Finds 1649

Main Information

Finds ID	1649
Site	Knossos
Area	ID 657 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) molluscs (None) 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	lots of goat/sheep, rarely adult rams, mostly female animals and few youngs--> that indicates that there was no intensive wool-, and milk-production, and therefore mostly meat production. Cattle (female) used as draft animals --> draft animals maybe boosted the growth of the settlement and could be related to the growth of the population (make survival in settlements easier); All the domesticated animals were originally imported to Crete. Mollusks played only a minor part in the diet; Patella was eaten.

Bibliography

Reference	D.S. Reese, The EM IIA Shells from Knossos, with Comments on Neolithic to EM III Shell Utilization, 1987, V. Isaakidou, The Fauna and Economy of Neolithic Knossos´ Revisited, 2008, Oxford V. Isaakidou, Cooking in the Labyrinth: Exploring 'Cuisine' at Bronze Age Knossos, 2007, 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 84