Evans, Arthur J.: The Palace of Minos: a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustred by the discoveries at Knossos (Band 1): The Neolithic and Early and Middle Minoan Ages (London, 1921)

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THE MI NO AN AGE (INTRODUCTION) . . i
THE EGYPTIAN CHRONOLOGICAL SYSTEM ADOPTED IN THIS WORK 30
§ 1. THE NEOLITHIC STAGE IN CRETE ... 32

Minoan Culture in Crete evolved out of Neolithic ; Caves and Rock-Shelters ; ' But
and Ben' Dwellings ; Deep Section at Knossos; Evidences of High Antiquity ;
' Lower ', ' Middle ', and ' Upper' Neolithic ; Typical products of ' Middle Neolithic '
phase; Inlaid Pottery; Steatopygous Clay Images; Ancestors of Stone types;
Evolution of extended Figures; Aegean and Anatolian families related—wide
Oriental range; Prototypes of Mother Goddess: Stone Implements ; Chrysocolla
stud ; Primitive Commerce.

THE EARLY MINOAN AGE
§ 2. Early Minoan I; with Sub Neolithic (E.M.I) .... 56

Sub-Neolithic phase; Incipient use of potter's oven; Votive Deposit at Mochlos ;
Clay Horns of Consecration ; Pedestalled bowls ; Sepulchral Cave of Pyrgos, N.E. of
Knossos; Tall Chalices—atrophied ' Wishing-bone ' handles ; Burnished decoration
—imitations of woodwork graining; Comparisons with Arkalokhori Chalice—E. M.
Ill; Pedestalled bowls and suspension pots ; Trojan and Cycladic parallels ; Early
painted ware; Incipient use of lustrous paint; Further evolution of figurines ;
Egyptian Stone Vases of Pre-dynastic and Proto-dynastic types found at Knossos ;
W;as there a Settlement from Nile Valley ? Copper implements known—Chalcolithic
phase ; ' Egypto-Libyan ' seal types—monstrous forms—Evolution of Minotaur ;
Rectangular Houses ; Ossuary ' Tholoi'; Chronological clues supplied by Egyptian
evidence.

3. Early Minoan II (E. M. II)........71

Acme of Early Minoan Culture ; Early buildings of Vasiliki ; Painted Plaster on
Walls ; Primitive ' Tholoi' ; ' House Tombs ' of Mochlos ; Pottery with dark on
light decoration ; Vessels from E. M. I House-floors, Knossos ; Origin of ' butterfly'
ornament; Clay Boats and Tables of Offering : Prototypes of classical ' Kernoi';
Mottled Ware ; Comparisons with Early Egyptian spouted vessels ; Cynocephali on
Ivory Seals; 'Idols' of proto-Egyptian form; Faience Bowl and Beads; Influence
of Fourth to Sixth Dynasty Stone Vases; Carinated Bowls; Stone Vases from
Mochlos ; Relief of Dog ; Cylinders and Seals of Clay and Ivory ; Goldsmith's work ;
Flowers and Foliage; 'Eye bandages'—Embryo Death Masks—anticipations of
Mycenae; Copper Arms and Implements; Votive Double Axes; Dove pendants;
Chronological limits.

§ 4. Early Minoan III (E. M ill)........103

Partial Set-back; Characteristic E. M. Ill Features ; Cycladic Connexions ; 'Egypto-
Libyan' Influences substituted for Purer Dynastic; Great Circular Hypogaea at
Knossos; One excavated under S. Porch of Palace; Bee-hive vault and staircase,
tunnelled in rock ; Probably subterranean S. entrance of an earlier Palace ; E. M. Ill