. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . n must be greatly modified,rested (55 centimetres), the fragments as ^ The following is the analysis of 3 igclassified analysed by Dr. Mackenzie were M. M. I, 315 ; fragments from the interstices of the foundation M. M. II, none; M. M. Ill, 81 ; unclassed, wall of rough stones beneath the base slabs at 171; L. M. I, obviously intrusive, i. In Test this point: Neolithic, 52; Sub-Neolithic or Pit 3, where the depth of the rubble deposit E. M. I, 4


. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . n must be greatly modified,rested (55 centimetres), the fragments as ^ The following is the analysis of 3 igclassified analysed by Dr. Mackenzie were M. M. I, 315 ; fragments from the interstices of the foundation M. M. II, none; M. M. Ill, 81 ; unclassed, wall of rough stones beneath the base slabs at 171; L. M. I, obviously intrusive, i. In Test this point: Neolithic, 52; Sub-Neolithic or Pit 3, where the depth of the rubble deposit E. M. I, 42; Early Minoan in general, 127; was greater (1-05 m.), my own analysis was: I, 98. M. M. I, 50 ; Late M. M. I, 5 ; M. M. Ill, 25 ; « See too the Sketch Plan, Fig. 152, 28; L. M. I, i. Five fragments * Of the sherds examined, 20 were M. M. I. here brought to light, at first set down as late The others (in the first half-metre) were : E. M. I, seem to be best described as in general, 146; and Neolithic, M. I b. The presence of M. M. Ill sherds K a H zo m >^en <O s HO oo. 1-1 ?OH <H < W ? H < B. M. M. I: FOUNDATION OF KNOSSIAN PALACE 131 original wall on the side of the West Court dates from the mature M. M. IPeriod. Probably, not long after that date, the original line of the fa9adewas thrown back along its southern section. This in turn was remodelledearly in M. M. III. Subsequent researches beneath the massive base blocks of the originalNorth wall of the Palace outside the North-East Entrance showed thatthere too the latest sherds were early M. M. I. In 1910 a series of similar tests were made along the base blocks of Tests inanother massive wall-line—apparently the innermost enceinte on the East wafi^^ As was also the case with the North wall, huge blocks were hereturned over in the process, so that the element in the interstices within was


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