. Excavations at Phylakopi in Melos,. rete. - Lustrous black xjaint. Restored. THE POTTERY. 147 as a likely source of supply for Melos. We know that a good deal ofKamures pottery was imported from Crete (v. p. 148) and that there wasalso a trade in stone vessels (i.\ p. 19G), and I may add that many frag-ments of ordinary pithoi, evidently not local, seemed to me to be of Cretanfabric. Since the time of our excavations in Melos, and even since tlie aboveparagraphs were written, the question has come to be partly settled. Therecent excavations in Crete have thrown much liffht on the origin ofMy
. Excavations at Phylakopi in Melos,. rete. - Lustrous black xjaint. Restored. THE POTTERY. 147 as a likely source of supply for Melos. We know that a good deal ofKamures pottery was imported from Crete (v. p. 148) and that there wasalso a trade in stone vessels (i.\ p. 19G), and I may add that many frag-ments of ordinary pithoi, evidently not local, seemed to me to be of Cretanfabric. Since the time of our excavations in Melos, and even since tlie aboveparagraphs were written, the question has come to be partly settled. Therecent excavations in Crete have thrown much liffht on the origin ofMycenaean pottery of what we may call the mature technique. On thewhole they amply confirm the idea that Crete was the cradle and chief centreof the manufacture. But they have also disclosed several distinct fabrics indifferent parts of the island. The vases from Zakro are peculiarly instructivein this connection ; on them we find the same designs constantly repeatedbut sometimes executed in the Kamares technicpie, and sometimes in the.
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