Finds 19

Main Information

Finds ID	19
Site	Nerokourou
Area	ID 11 settlement
Research event	excavation: undetermined Greek-Italian Collaboration, Nerokourou/St. George Monastery
Finds type	lithics
Small finds category	None
Small finds type
Botany species
Animal remains species
Animal remains completeness	None
Animal remains part
Lithics technology	Direct percussion Indirect percussion Pressure technique
Lithics industry	Blade industry Flake industry
Lithics cores and preparation
Lithics retouched tools	Drill Retouched blade
Lithics unretouched tools
Lithics raw material	Obsidian
Obsidian	Yes
Obsidian amount	100
Pottery form
Pottery detail
Pottery decoration
Pottery type	None
Amount
Material	obsidian
Confidence	None
Comment	The blades were made by percussion, in one case maybe the pressure technique was used. Most of the blades were not retouched. Because of the concentration of obsidian there probably was a flake industry, also including nuclei. Another concentration probably represents a storage place.

Bibliography

Reference	L. Vagnetti - Y. Tzedakis - A. Christopoulou, Saggi negli strati neolitici, 1989, Rom 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 23