Monastiraki, Crete

Monastiraki (Greek: Μοναστηράκι) is the archaeological site of an ancient Minoan town on the island of Crete.

(Hogan, 2007) The site may have been a Minoan palace, and has thus far yielded a complex of buildings, including storehouses, two archive rooms of earthenware stamps and sanctuaries.

In the early 1980s an Italian team excavated a small area at the north end of the site where the first store of seals was found.

Their excavation was based on the notebooks of the noted British archaeologist J. D. S. Pendlebury, who was captured and executed by the Germans after the Battle of Crete.

The main part of the excavation lies to the south of these two areas and is under the supervision of Greek archaeologist Athanasia Kanda.