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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Fig. 10. Clay Spools, Whorls, &c, Middle Neolithic, Knossos (\ c).

Of special interest are the small clay figures in the round—many of
them with the characteristic incised decoration—representing animals, birds,
and human forms. Fig. 11, 1 a, 6, c is a bird with slightly opening wings and
apparently a fan-shaped tail, suggesting a dove. Considering how intimately