Ægean archæeology; an introduction to the archæeology of prehistoric Greece . later period of the Early Minoan Age in Crete. To this time belong the tombs ofMochlos, which have yielded the fine stone vases de-scribed above. And in these tombs Mr. Seager foundthe oldest Cretan objects of gold, the funerary decora-tions of the dead. They consist of diadems and band-lets of thin beaten gold, decorated with dotted or punctuated lines, minute but beautifully workedchains, and other objects, specially notable being hair-pins in the shape of little golden flowers on their give a very high
Ægean archæeology; an introduction to the archæeology of prehistoric Greece . later period of the Early Minoan Age in Crete. To this time belong the tombs ofMochlos, which have yielded the fine stone vases de-scribed above. And in these tombs Mr. Seager foundthe oldest Cretan objects of gold, the funerary decora-tions of the dead. They consist of diadems and band-lets of thin beaten gold, decorated with dotted or punctuated lines, minute but beautifully workedchains, and other objects, specially notable being hair-pins in the shape of little golden flowers on their give a very high idea of the craft of the Cretangoldsmith at this early period (Fig. 4).^ 1 Seager, Mochlos, PI. II, M3, p. 80. When we remember thatnot long after this the Aegean design of the spiral, which we havealready seen on Cycladic stone vases, suddenly appears in Egypt, andthat at this time the Egyptian blue glaze was already being imitatedin Greece, we realize that there is nothing improbable in such animportation. {, i, pp. 115-117.) ° From Seager, Mochlos, Figs,
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