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in the same periodioal contain sorae interesting inforraation on tlie same
subject. The details given by Mr. Mackenzie with regard to the strata in
which the varions classes of pottery were found are of particular value, as
on this point he is nndonbtedly the best authority; there were very few
honrs during which he was not engaged in active superintendence of the
digging, and few objects of any importance which he did not see extracted with
Iiis own eyes. I am greatly indebted to Mr. Mackenzie for his constant
co-operation during the months we spent together in Melos and Athens. To
Mr. Bosanquet also I am under a deep Obligation ; the progress that has been
inade in the last few years in restoring vases and getting the material ready
for publication and exhibition is almost entirely due to his energy and
kindness.
Tlie order pursued in the present chapter requiies a word of explanation.
I have separated the potteiy into niore or less homogeneous classes and
described the leading varieties in chronological sequence (sects. 2-16).
Certain isolated vases and groups of secondary importance I have left over
to the end ini order to make the main outlines of the history of the art as
clear as possible. The arrangement of the plates coincides for the most part
with tlie order of the text, though there are some slight deviations owing
to exigencies of space. The descriptions in the text are naturally of a
general character, but in the explanation of the plates (pp. 105 f.) I have
added a number of details abont the individual objects, intended primarily
as an aid to an understanding of the illustrations. For the benefit of anyone
at Imme who wishes to gain a closer knowledge of the types and styles
discussed in this book it should be mentioned that a liberal selection of
Phylakopi pottery has lately been presented by the Greek Government to the
Ashmolean and Fitzwilliam Museums in Oxford and Cambridge.
A few of the illustrations among the plates are from photographs by
Mr. Hogarth, but the great majority of them are reproduccd from the
photographs of Herr Rohrer of the German Institute. The illustrations in
the text are from drawings by Mr. Bagge, a Danish artist living in Greece.
The Fishermen vase on PI. XXII. has been reproduced from a photograph of
a coloured copy which Miss Hogarth kindly made for us in 1899 (when the
intention was to publish it in colour), and the vases on p. 144 were also drawn
by Miss Hogarth. Figs. 92 and 110 are from water-colours by Mr. Fyfe, a
former architect of the British School.
§ 2.—The Earliest Pottery.
The earliest pottery was found immediately east of the Palace (see plan).
During the first two seasons the higher part of the site had yielded nothing
of a very primitive character. The second of the trial trenches mentioned
above was sunk here in 1898, and contrary to expectation we Struck a rieh
layer of pottery of the same kind as that which is found in the primitive
cist-tombs of the Greek islands. The mass of it lay almost immediately
in the same periodioal contain sorae interesting inforraation on tlie same
subject. The details given by Mr. Mackenzie with regard to the strata in
which the varions classes of pottery were found are of particular value, as
on this point he is nndonbtedly the best authority; there were very few
honrs during which he was not engaged in active superintendence of the
digging, and few objects of any importance which he did not see extracted with
Iiis own eyes. I am greatly indebted to Mr. Mackenzie for his constant
co-operation during the months we spent together in Melos and Athens. To
Mr. Bosanquet also I am under a deep Obligation ; the progress that has been
inade in the last few years in restoring vases and getting the material ready
for publication and exhibition is almost entirely due to his energy and
kindness.
Tlie order pursued in the present chapter requiies a word of explanation.
I have separated the potteiy into niore or less homogeneous classes and
described the leading varieties in chronological sequence (sects. 2-16).
Certain isolated vases and groups of secondary importance I have left over
to the end ini order to make the main outlines of the history of the art as
clear as possible. The arrangement of the plates coincides for the most part
with tlie order of the text, though there are some slight deviations owing
to exigencies of space. The descriptions in the text are naturally of a
general character, but in the explanation of the plates (pp. 105 f.) I have
added a number of details abont the individual objects, intended primarily
as an aid to an understanding of the illustrations. For the benefit of anyone
at Imme who wishes to gain a closer knowledge of the types and styles
discussed in this book it should be mentioned that a liberal selection of
Phylakopi pottery has lately been presented by the Greek Government to the
Ashmolean and Fitzwilliam Museums in Oxford and Cambridge.
A few of the illustrations among the plates are from photographs by
Mr. Hogarth, but the great majority of them are reproduccd from the
photographs of Herr Rohrer of the German Institute. The illustrations in
the text are from drawings by Mr. Bagge, a Danish artist living in Greece.
The Fishermen vase on PI. XXII. has been reproduced from a photograph of
a coloured copy which Miss Hogarth kindly made for us in 1899 (when the
intention was to publish it in colour), and the vases on p. 144 were also drawn
by Miss Hogarth. Figs. 92 and 110 are from water-colours by Mr. Fyfe, a
former architect of the British School.
§ 2.—The Earliest Pottery.
The earliest pottery was found immediately east of the Palace (see plan).
During the first two seasons the higher part of the site had yielded nothing
of a very primitive character. The second of the trial trenches mentioned
above was sunk here in 1898, and contrary to expectation we Struck a rieh
layer of pottery of the same kind as that which is found in the primitive
cist-tombs of the Greek islands. The mass of it lay almost immediately