Neolithic Settlement at Knossos
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Tom Elliott
Creators: Tom Elliott
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker, Andrew Shapland
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May 25, 2022 11:24 AM
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A neolithic settlement on a hill known today as Kephala, south of Heraklion on the island of Crete. It preceded the Bronze Age (Minoan) palace and settlement on this site.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/229296321
35.2978728578, 25.1632366519
- Representative Locations:
- OSM Location: Excavations coincident with Central Court (Palace of Minos) (10000 BC - 3300 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Bronze Age Settlement at Knossos succeeds Neolithic Settlement at Knossos (unspecified date range)
- Minoan Palatial Center (Knossos) succeeds Neolithic Settlement at Knossos (2000 BC - 1080 BC)
settlement, archaeological site
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Pleiades
Neolithic layers were identified via excavation beneath the footprint of the Central Court of the so-called Palace of Minos beginning in 1997.
Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker, and Andrew Shapland, 'Neolithic Settlement at Knossos: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/229296321> [accessed: 19 April 2024]
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