Kavousi IV

The Early Iron Age Cemeteries at Vronda

by Leslie Preston Day, Maria A. Liston

Book cover: Kavousi IV

Extent: 712 pages

Publisher: INSTAP Academic Press

Subjects: European Prehistory, Mediterranean Archaeology

Series: Prehistory Monographs

Series volume number: 71

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(August 2023)

ISBN: 9781931534369

8.46 x 10.98 inches

Price: $150.00

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PDF (Published)

(August 2023)

ISBN: 9781623034412

Price: $120.00

This two-volume set presents the results of the excavation of two cemeteries at the site of Vronda Kavousi in East Crete: the cemetery of tholos tombs belong to the Subminoan to Protogeometric periods and the cemetery of enclosure graves with cremation burials belonging to the Late Geometric to Late Orientalizing periods.


This volume presents the results of the excavation of two cemeteries at the site of Vronda Kavousi in East Crete: the cemetery of tholos tombs belong to the Subminoan to Protogeometric periods (with some use in the eighth century B.C.) and the cemetery of enclosure graves with cremation burials belonging to the Late Geometric to Late Orientalizing periods. A discussion of individual graves (including the stratigraphy, architecture, human remains, faunal and botanical remains, pottery, and other finds) is followed by the analysis of the cremation process and human remains, the faunal and botanical remains, the pottery, the petrographic analysis of the pottery, the metals and other finds, the burial customs, and the history and society of the burying population. A study of the capacities of some of the pottery vessels and a metallurgical analysis of the iron objects appear in appendices.

  • By (author) Leslie Preston Day
  • By (author) Maria A. Liston

"Each chapter can effectively stand on its own and therefore makes the volume easy to reference. . . . The volume is well-produced overall and is a valuable new resource." Judson, Catharine, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2025.3.10