. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . ^^ o < H o^;o KH(<^O H HSto <: IB o 146 THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC. M. M. IBasementwithMono-lithic Pil-lars atKnossos. Early ofSanc-tuary. at the same epoch—at a mature stage, that is, of the M. M. I phase—andin many respects repeat each others history. Among the best preserved structures of the hill of Knossos which mustbe referred to the beginning of this Period, and even preceded the founda-tion of the Palace as
. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . ^^ o < H o^;o KH(<^O H HSto <: IB o 146 THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC. M. M. IBasementwithMono-lithic Pil-lars atKnossos. Early ofSanc-tuary. at the same epoch—at a mature stage, that is, of the M. M. I phase—andin many respects repeat each others history. Among the best preserved structures of the hill of Knossos which mustbe referred to the beginning of this Period, and even preceded the founda-tion of the Palace as we know it, is a deep basement chamber withtwo monolithic pillars excavated in the angle of the Palace area(Fig. 106). Whether or not this structure formed an annexe of a largerbuilding,^ it is interesting as supplying the earliest example of the Pillar Rooms that play such an important part in Minoan buildings, andwhich, in many cases, certainly served a religious purpose as the crypts. DoveVase- FiG. 107. Polychrome Vessel in form of Dove from M. M. I Basement (| c). of columnar sanctuaries above.^ The chronological place of this earlyPillar Room Is shown by the ceramic relics found on its earliest floor belong exclusively to the initial stage of M. M. I, and afford goodillustrations of the earlier phases of polychromy.^ A remarkable vessel herefound in the shape of a dove,* with white and red colouring on a blackglaze, may well have had a ritual use (Fig. 107). The stone houses of this Period, as is shown by the remains of suchbeneath the West Court pavement at Knossos, and to the North of thePalace site, are, like those of the preceding Early Minoan Periods, normally ^ It lies outside the area of the existingPalace, and its orientation is somewhatdivergent. ^ See vol. ii and cf. A. J. E., Pillar Rooms, &c. p. 63 seqq. {Archaeologia, 1914). See below, p. 172, and Mackenzie,,/ If. S.,xxvi, pp. 244-8, Pis. VII, IX. ^ J. H. S., 1901, p. 79, Fig. I.
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