Moni Odigitria

A Prepalatial Cemetery and Its Environs in the Asterousia, Southern Crete

by Andonis Vasilakis and Keith Branigan

Book cover: Moni Odigitria

Extent: 608 pages

Publisher: INSTAP Academic Press

Subjects: European Prehistory, Mediterranean Archaeology

Series: Prehistory Monographs

Series volume number: 30

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(December 2010)

ISBN: 9781931534581

Price: $95.00

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PDF (Published)

(December 2010)

ISBN: 9781623030032

Price: $76.00

This is the final excavation report of two Prepalatial tholos tombs and their associated remains at Chatzinas Liophyto near the Moni Odigitria (monastery) in south-central Crete. The grave goods and burial remains include pottery, metal objects, chipped stones, stone vases, gold and stone jewelry, sealstones, and human skeletal material.


This volume presents the final report on the excavation of two Prepalatial tholos tombs and their associated remains at Chatzinas Liophyto near the Moni Odigitria (monastery) in south-central Crete. The grave goods and burial remains include pottery, metal objects, chipped stones, stone vases, gold and stone jewelry, sealstones, and human skeletal material. The results of the associated survey of the upper catchment of the Hagiopharango region are also reported. The book finishes with a reappraisal of our understanding of the early settlement of the Hagiopharango and a Greek summary.

  • By (author) Keith Branigan
  • By (author) Andonis Vasilakis