Ægean archæeology; an introduction to the archæeology of prehistoric Greece . vertical pit(Fig. 62). It thus closely resembles a well-knowntype of Egyptian tomb, though the chamber is muchsmaller. It is a chamber-tomb with the dromos turnedinto a vertical pit and the chamber reduced to thesize of a mere cell. A typical pit is metres deepby metres broad, and the cell or cave measuresbut metres in height by 65 centimetres inwidth. 1 All these types of tombs are found together at ZaferPapoura, and the same phenomenon is seen elsewherein Crete, as at Sphoungaras, near Gournia, where
Ægean archæeology; an introduction to the archæeology of prehistoric Greece . vertical pit(Fig. 62). It thus closely resembles a well-knowntype of Egyptian tomb, though the chamber is muchsmaller. It is a chamber-tomb with the dromos turnedinto a vertical pit and the chamber reduced to thesize of a mere cell. A typical pit is metres deepby metres broad, and the cell or cave measuresbut metres in height by 65 centimetres inwidth. 1 All these types of tombs are found together at ZaferPapoura, and the same phenomenon is seen elsewherein Crete, as at Sphoungaras, near Gournia, where, inaddition, there are crowds of simple pithos-h-ansh, thebody being crammed into the pot, which was turnedupside-down and buried.^ Three years ago, Sir Arthur Evans excavated somemore very interesting tombs at Isopata, of the FirstLate Minoan period. These have not yet been pub-lished, but one may say what their discoverer has already * Prehistoric Tombs, p. 18, Fig. lie. ^ Miss E. H. Hall, Sphoungards (Univ. Penn. Free Museum,Anthrop. Publ., 1912). TEMPLES AND TOMBS 171. Fig. 62 —Transverse section of pit-cave ; Zafer Papoura,Crete (). told us,^ that their most remarkable feature is thearrangement in one of them of seats for the visits of thefriends of the deceased to the tomb, a provision which • In The Times, Sept. 16, 1910. An interesting discovery was thatof pottery, evidently intended for temporary use, and painted in un-fixed colours (an anticipation, at any rate in appearance, of the Athenianfunerary lekythi of later days). 172 AEGEAN ARCHAEOLOGY strongly recalls the Etruscan sepulchres. This is an im-portant contribution to the evidence which is gradually-accumulating of racial connexion between the Minoansand the Etruscans. The evidence of the tomb beingopened from time to time in order to permit of religiousrites being celebrated and funerary oiferings made isvery curious. A fine chamber-tomb of the Third Late Minoanperiod was opened by Sir Arthur Eva
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