Ægean archæeology; an introduction to the archæeology of prehistoric Greece . riod the Knos-sian ladies replaced it by the freeand natural coiffure which is sooddly modern in appearance(Fig. 99)- Gold wire spirals are found in p-,g, 99-woman from avarious tombs. They seem to Kncsianfresco ().have been used by both sexes for Original half the hair in position and keeping it tidy.* Theprince on the Chieftain Vase (PL XV, 3) wore hishair confined by horizontal bands, no doubt of gold,for this purpose ; we can see one over his head in frontof the ears to keep the hair from th
Ægean archæeology; an introduction to the archæeology of prehistoric Greece . riod the Knos-sian ladies replaced it by the freeand natural coiffure which is sooddly modern in appearance(Fig. 99)- Gold wire spirals are found in p-,g, 99-woman from avarious tombs. They seem to Kncsianfresco ().have been used by both sexes for Original half the hair in position and keeping it tidy.* Theprince on the Chieftain Vase (PL XV, 3) wore hishair confined by horizontal bands, no doubt of gold,for this purpose ; we can see one over his head in frontof the ears to keep the hair from the forehead, andtwo to hold it at the back. Earrings, of which many golden ones have beenfound, seem to have been worn by both sexes ; thoseof the Knossian Cupbearer were of silver, judgingfrom the painting. Fibulae are only found in the latest tombs and town-ruins. They were a Northern device, not needed byMycenaean clothing, which was tied or buttoned, not SCHUCHHARDT, Fig. I72. * Mochlos, FigS. 4I, 42. ^ Perrot-Chipiez, iii, Fig. 526. ^ Helbig, Homerische Epos, p. i66_^.. 240 AEGEAN ARCHAEOLOGY skewered. They came in somewhat in advance of theinvasion of the lUyrians or Thesprotians from theNorth, which brought iron and cremation into Greece.^One or two, of the simplest form, have been found inlate buildings at Mycenae.* They are, of course, ofbronze. The little plaques of gold, found in the Mycenaetombs,^ representing all manner of objects: spiral coils,octopods, butterflies, gryphons, cats, little figures ofthe goddess with doves,* and so on, were in all proba-bility not, as was formerly thought, intended to besewn on to robes, but were ornaments of the woodencoffins in which the bodies were placed. Similarobjects—a golden toad, a bulls head, a crouching lion—^were found in the graves of Kak6vatos. Golden objects of the same kind on a smaller scalewere used as beads, and these often have additionalinlay decorations of coloured glass paste—^red or such be
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