Moni Odigitria: A Prepalatial Cemetery and Its Environs in the Asterousia, Southern Crete (Prehistory Monographs)

"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."-- Provided by publisher Content: Survey of the environs around the Tholos Cemetery / Keith Branigan and Andonis Vasilakis -- Appendix : The Roman pottery / Jane Francis -- Excavation and architecture of the cemetery / Andonis Vasilakis -- The pottery assemblage : data and analysis / Keith Branigan and Tim Campbell-Green -- Interpretation of the pottery assemblage / Keith Branigan and Tim Campbell-Green -- Metalwork / Keith Branigan -- Of blades and burials, flakes and funerals : the chipped stone from Moni Odigitria / Tristan Carter -- Stone vases and tools / Doniert Evely -- Jewelry and other small finds / Flora Michelaki and Andonis Vasilakis -- Seals from the cemetery / Kostas Sbonias -- Analysis of the human bones / Sevi Triantaphyllou -- History and use of the cemetery / Keith Branigan -- The Hagiopharango in the early Bronze Age / Keith Branigan and Andonis Vasilakis -- [To come] / Andonis Vasilakis -- Concordance A : Omades, trenches, areas, and strata from the 1980 excavation of Tholos B -- Concordance B : Herakleion Museum numbers and catalog numbers for all types of objects -- Concordance C : Catalog and Herakleion Museum numbers for all types of objects. List of Tables 10 List of Figures 16 List of Plates 22 Introduction and Acknowledgments 26 List of Abbreviations 30 Glossary 32 Part I Survey and Excavation 34 1 Survey of the Environs around the Tholos Cemetery 36 Appendix: The Roman Pottery 61 2 Excavation and Architectureof the Cemetery 80 Part II Pottery 100 3 The Pottery Assemblage: Data and Analysis 102 4 Interpretation of the Pottery Assemblage 160 Part III Small Finds 178 5 Metalwork 180 6 Of Blades and Burials, Flakes and Funerals: The Chipped Stonefrom Moni Odigitria 184 7 Stone Vases and Tools 204 8 Jewelry and Other Small Finds 220 9 Seals from the Cemetery 234 Part IV Human Remains 260 10 Analysis of the Human Bones 262 Part V Discussion and Conclusions 282 11 History and Use of the Cemetery 284 12 The Hagiopharangoin the Early Bronze Age 298 13 Προανακτορικό NεκροταφείοΜονής Οδηγήτριας* 304 Concordance A 320 Concordance B 322 Concordance C 326 References 332 Index 344 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.