Hagios Charalambos

A Minoan Burial Cave in Crete: I. Excavation and Portable Objects

by Philip P. Betancourt

Book cover: Hagios Charalambos

Extent: 206 pages

Publisher: INSTAP Academic Press

Subjects: European Prehistory, Mediterranean Archaeology

Series: Prehistory Monographs

Series volume number: 47

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(December 2014)

ISBN: 9781931534802

Price: $95.00

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PDF (Published)

(December 2014)

ISBN: 9781623033934

Price: $76.00

This is the first of five planned volumes to present the primary archaeological report about the excavation of the cave of Hagios Charalambos in eastern Crete.


This is the first of five planned volumes to present the primary archaeological report about the excavation of the cave of Hagios Charalambos in eastern Crete. The Minoans used this small cavern as an ossuary for the secondary burial of human remains and grave goods, primarily during the Early and Middle Bronze Age. The geography and geology surrounding the cave is discussed along with the methodology of the excavation. A portion of the pottery and all of the small finds are presented with many illustrations.

  • By (author) Philip P. Betancourt