An island on the northern coast of Crete that was once a peninsula where an Early Minoan cemetery of house tombs and a Middle-Late Minoan settlement have been found. Communal tombs at Mochlos had rectangular compartments or rooms and flat roofs, such as those in contemporary houses. Some of the finest jewelry was found in communal tombs at Mochlos and well as stone vases dating to c 2000-1700 BC. The hairpins with flower heads are reminiscent of jewelry from the royal tombs at Ur in Mesopotamia. After the eruption of Thera c 1500 BC, Mochlos was never inhabited again.