Table of contents Prologue Abbreviations List of Illustrations Chronology Introduction - The Psychro Cave and its Exploration - What defines Psychro as a Sanctuary? (L.V. WATROUS and Y.K. WIDENOR) - History of Research on Minoan Cave and Peak Sanctuaries in Crete - Methods Used in this Study Chapter One. Catalogue of the clay objects from the Psychro Cave Chapter Two. The History of cult in the Psychro Cave - Neolithic Habitation - Middle Minoan I-II Cult - Middle Minoan III-Late Minoan I Cult - The nature of Neopalatial cult ceremony at Psychro - Late Minoan II-IIIB1 Cult - Late Minoan IIIB2-Protogeometric Cult - Geometric-Archaic Cult - Classical-Hellenistic Cult - Roman-Medieval Cult Chapter Three. Extra-urban Sanctuaries in Crete - Sanctuaries in Caves - Arkalachori - Idaean Cave - Phaneromeni - Kamares (Y.K. WIDENOR) - Amnissos (Y.K. WIDENOR) - Trapeza (Y.K. WIDENOR) - Patsos (Y.K. WIDENOR) - Sanctuaries on Mountains - Atsipades (Y.K. WIDENOR) - Karphi - Petsophas (Y.K. WIDENOR) - Kato Syme - Jouktas Chapter Four.The origins and nature of Extra-urban Sanctuaries in Crete - Origins of Extra-urban Sanctuaries - Early Distribution of Extra-urban Sanctuaries - The Sociopolitical Context of Extra-urban Sanctuaries - Rituals at Extra-urban Sanctuaries: the Evidence of the Votives - "Cave" and "Peak" Sanctuaries? Chapter Five. The subsequent development of Extra-urban Sanctuaries in Crete - The Middle Minoan III-Late Minoan I Period - The Late Minoan II-IIIB Period - The Late Minoan IIIC-Protogeometric Period - The Geometric-Archaic Period - The Question of Cult Continuity and Change in Crete Index