Assemblages of Agiasmatsi and Agios Astratigos

Differences between assemblages

We now want you to use the Sphakia Survey Web site to explore the differences between the assemblages of Agiasmatsi and Ag. Astratigos.

1. AGIASMATSI CAVE ASSEMBLAGE

Open the Region 8 Ceramics database.

Sphakia Survey: Ceramics database

First select FUNCTION in the CHOOSE FIELD TO SORT BY list. Then enter 8.61 in the SITE NUMBER field. What sort of

assemblage do you find?

i. What makes the pottery assemblage of the Agiasmatsi Cave (8.61) distinctive?

ii. Think about the range of non-pottery finds.

Open the Region 8 Small Finds database.

Sphakia Survey: Small Finds database

Enter 8.61 in SITE NUMBER. What sort

of range of small finds is there?

2. DOMESTIC ASSEMBLAGES

Compare the results for Agiasmatsi Cave with the assemblage from Ag. Astratigos (8.38). Do they have the same balance between the different pottery functions? Or the same range of non-pottery finds?

Use the Region 8 Ceramics database and Small Finds database to look at the information for each site. You can find the relevant data by entering the appropriate site number into the SITE NUMBER field.

Sphakia Survey: Ceramics database
Sphakia Survey: Small Finds database

You may want to share your thoughts in the Discussion Forum: you may find yours are very different from others, something that often happens in the field of archaeology.