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THE ARCHITECTURE. 59
less carefully bnilt, of the same stone as the walls. In other doors the jambs
are piain but of freestone carefully squared and dressed. The tbird class Las
jambs of tbe same stone as the last but worked with a ' rebate' or nook into
which the door would fit like a modern doorway (Fig. 52). Examples of this
are seen at F 2 : b; J 3 : h and o. In whatever way the wall was carried
over the rough doorways of the first class, there can be little doubt that those
of the two latter classes had good stone lintels corresponding with the
jambs.
A basalt doorstep at E 3: / indicates yet another way of fmishing a
doorway (Figs. 53, 54). Near each end of the step there is a shallow groove
7 centimetres wide, running across the top from the inner to the outer
edge. In Oiich groove there are two holes 6 centimetres wide and 6
centimetres deep. The lowest course of one jamb remains ; it is of rough
stone and runs straight through the wall. This arrangement without doubt
Fia. 53.—Step and Turkshold ok Doorway / in E 3.
shows that the rough stone jambs wcre each facecl with a thin slab of stpne
or wood resting in the groove and with tenons let into the holes. The head
of the doorway must have been covered with a lintel furnished with similar
grooves and mortises to secure the upper ends of the slabs.
Inside the houses the walls were probably always coated with ordinary
plaster made of lime and Band, of which traces remain on the walls of K2 :3,
or with a chalky earth beaten up into a sort of plaster.
The floors were doubtless of several kinds. The plaster Moor of the
megaron has been already noticed and there are also remains of pavements
of thin slabs of hard stone in several places. It is possible that most of the
floors were of the light-coloured earth still used in most houses in the island.
This earth is beaten to quite a hard surface, and when the floor becomes
uneven through wear it is rubbed smooth again with a stone. In several
less carefully bnilt, of the same stone as the walls. In other doors the jambs
are piain but of freestone carefully squared and dressed. The tbird class Las
jambs of tbe same stone as the last but worked with a ' rebate' or nook into
which the door would fit like a modern doorway (Fig. 52). Examples of this
are seen at F 2 : b; J 3 : h and o. In whatever way the wall was carried
over the rough doorways of the first class, there can be little doubt that those
of the two latter classes had good stone lintels corresponding with the
jambs.
A basalt doorstep at E 3: / indicates yet another way of fmishing a
doorway (Figs. 53, 54). Near each end of the step there is a shallow groove
7 centimetres wide, running across the top from the inner to the outer
edge. In Oiich groove there are two holes 6 centimetres wide and 6
centimetres deep. The lowest course of one jamb remains ; it is of rough
stone and runs straight through the wall. This arrangement without doubt
Fia. 53.—Step and Turkshold ok Doorway / in E 3.
shows that the rough stone jambs wcre each facecl with a thin slab of stpne
or wood resting in the groove and with tenons let into the holes. The head
of the doorway must have been covered with a lintel furnished with similar
grooves and mortises to secure the upper ends of the slabs.
Inside the houses the walls were probably always coated with ordinary
plaster made of lime and Band, of which traces remain on the walls of K2 :3,
or with a chalky earth beaten up into a sort of plaster.
The floors were doubtless of several kinds. The plaster Moor of the
megaron has been already noticed and there are also remains of pavements
of thin slabs of hard stone in several places. It is possible that most of the
floors were of the light-coloured earth still used in most houses in the island.
This earth is beaten to quite a hard surface, and when the floor becomes
uneven through wear it is rubbed smooth again with a stone. In several