. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . -^J \y I-Id. 138. TWO-HANDM, IIOKXS (/,(-,(/,() AMI KAN•IH\R(J^ WW. (a)VW)\ II. \ (i).. Fjc. 1:3;i. .Silvlr \Abi. (ci) Ceramic ui- AitiAL i^uKiMb (^^, <.-, <i). ff, /, r, GOURNIA, d, PSEIRA. : METAL-WORK, SEALS, FOREIGN RELATIONS .93 the Troadic silver trade. The great wealth of the Hissarlik site in silvervessels and the silver bars found there are explained by the fact that theneighbouring ranges were rich in argen
. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . -^J \y I-Id. 138. TWO-HANDM, IIOKXS (/,(-,(/,() AMI KAN•IH\R(J^ WW. (a)VW)\ II. \ (i).. Fjc. 1:3;i. .Silvlr \Abi. (ci) Ceramic ui- AitiAL i^uKiMb (^^, <.-, <i). ff, /, r, GOURNIA, d, PSEIRA. : METAL-WORK, SEALS, FOREIGN RELATIONS .93 the Troadic silver trade. The great wealth of the Hissarlik site in silvervessels and the silver bars found there are explained by the fact that theneighbouring ranges were rich in argentiferous ore and that many remainsof ancient surface mining occur.^ That this commerce affected the ceramictypes both of the Aegean world and of Mainland Greece through manychannels is shown at a somewhat later date by the diffusion of the Minyan class of ware. The common use of silver plate in the island at this epoch is also well illustrated by a large painted clay bowl fromPseira (Fig. 139, «?), with three handles, whichreproduces the features of the silver prototypeeven to the rivet-studs and the alternating sheenand shade of the metallic original. As alreadyobserved, it is to the existence of these ceramiccopies that we owe
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