Burrows, Ronald M.: The discoveries in Crete and their bearing on the history of ancient civilisation (London, 1907)

CONTENTS

PAGES

PREFACE........V-xi

CHAPTER I

THE PALACE OF KNOSSOS AND THE SEA POWER OF

MINOS........1-23

The Throne Room and the Cupbearer—The First Season's
Discoveries—The Plan of the Palace—Staircases and Upper
Stories—Engineering and Drainage—The Absence of Fortifica-
tions—The Place Name " Minoa "—The. Imperial Weights and
Coinage—The Sack of the Palace—The Artistic Standard of the
Remains—Frescoes and Plaster Work—Porcelain and Ivory—
The Bull Ring—Candia and Knossos—Mr. Evans as an
Excavator.

CHAPTER II

THE PALACES OF PH^STOS AND HAGIA TRIADA, AND

THE EXCAVATIONS IN EASTERN CRETE . 24-39

Extent of Excavation in Crete—The Cave of Zeus in
Dicte—The Purple of Leuke—The Gems of Zakro—The
Cities of Gournia and Palaikastro—The Palace of Phaastos—
The Ossuary and the Royal Villa of Hagia Triada—The Cat
Fresco—The Cult Scenes on the Sarcophagus—The Boxer Vase
—Boxers in Italo-Illyrian and Etruscan Art—The Harvester
Vase—The Chieftain Vase.

CHAPTER III

THE BEGINNINGS OF MINOAN CIVILISATION . 4O-54

Justification of the term "Minoan"—The Neolithic Age—
The Value of Egyptian Synchronism—Early Minoan L—The
Continuity of Minoan Art—Early Minoan II.—The date of
Early Minoan III.—The beginnings of Spirals and Polychromy
—The Naturalism of Middle Minoan I.

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