Finds 293

Main Information

Finds ID	293
Site	Lera-Cave
Area	ID 135 cave or rockshelter
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	Carinated Bowl
Pottery detail	Flat base Foot
Pottery decoration	Burnished
Pottery type	None
Amount
Material
Confidence	None
Comment	The pottery was locally produced but bears strong resemblance to Knossian pottery. The vessels were heavily grogged with quartz, which was grey, brown or red, and burnished by using obsidian. The carinated bowls were flat-based, some had a leg.

Bibliography

Reference	A. Guest-Papamanoli - A. Lambraki, Les grottes de Lera et d´Arkoudia en Crète occidentale aux époques préhistoriques et historiques, 1976, L. Godart - Y. Tzedakis., Témoignages archéologiques et épigraphiques en Crète occidentale du néolithique au minoen récent IIIB, 1992, Rom E. Karantzali, Le Bronze Ancien dans les Cyclades et en Crète: Les relations entre les deux régions - Influence de la Grèce Continentale, 1996, 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 17