A building situated at the NE of the necropolis (sector A) and a complex of rooms, at the SW of the necropolis (sector B),were linked to funerary and chthonic cults by the excavator.

Records

• 1966: Systematic Excavation by Ph. Zaphiropoulou (Greek Archaeological Service)
  

References: Primary

• Charalambidou, X., 2008-2009. The pottery from the Early Iron Age necropolis of Tsikalario on Naxos: preliminary observations, A.I.O.N., Nuova Serie N. 15-16: 57–69
• Charalambidou, X., 2011. Quantitative analysis of the pottery from the Early Iron Age necropolis of Tsikalario on Naxos, in S. Verdan, Th. Theurillat & A. Kenzelmann Pfyffer (eds.), Early Iron Age Pottery: A quantitative approach, Proceedings of the International Round Table organized by the Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece, Athens, November 28-30, 2008, Oxford: 139–147
• Papadopoulou-Zaphiropoulou, Ph., 1968. Νάξος. Τσικαλαριό, ArchDelt 21, Chr.: 325
• Zaphiropoulou, Ph., 1984. La necropolis geometrica di Tsikalario a Naxos, Magna Graecia 18: 1–4

References: Secondary

• Coldstream, N., 2003. Geometric Greece. London: 92
• Lauter, H., 1985. Der Kultplatz auf dem Turkovuni, AM 12: 174
• Mermoz, J., 2010. La vie religieuse des Cyclades de l’HR IIIC à la fin de la période archaïque, Lyon (unpublished PhD Thesis): 46–48
• Themelis, P. G., 1976. Frühgriechische Grabbauten, Mainz: 24

Written Sources

• None