Alikianos. A. Apostolaki and C. Bourbou (28th EBA) report on the excavation of a cemetery inside and around the church of Zoodochos Pigi. Some 80 tombs (Fig. 1) date from the 11th–12th century AD to the Ottoman period: finds include clothing accessories, coins and...

Alikianos. Ch. Bourbou (TDPEAE-Chania) reports on the excavation in 2007-2008 of graves associated with the three-aisled Church of Zoodochos Pigi (Figs 1-2). Of the 77 tombs investigated, 21 were inside, mainly in the narthex, with the others lying close to the walls all around the exterior. Fifty were cist graves (Fig. 3), roughly rectangular and wider at the head, built of stones or a mix of stone and tiles, with stone covering slabs and earthen floors. Tomb 1 was larger and probably served...