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58 THE BUILDING OF THE PALACES
in 1904, to belong to Early Minoan III., the evidence
is not conclusive for the existence of a Palace on the hill
at that date. It is probable, however, that recourse need
not be made to the arguments just used, and that Mr.
Evans may be taken as accepting 1 the modifications
in the classification of Early and Middle Minoan pottery
suggested by Dr. Mackenzie in 1906.2 On this new
classification the earliest deposit of the basement with
the Monolithic pillars, and the little pit near the Pillar
Rooms, would be assigned to Middle Minoan I.
By this period, then, we may have at last reached the
foundation of a Palace on the hill of Knossos, but we
can tell little about its plan or structure, From the
pits and the basement we can infer that the walls were
of small rough masonry,5 unlike the splendid and regular
building of later days.
At the end of the period there are signs of a general
catastrophe, and with Middle Minoan II. there are un-
doubted traces of what we may call the Early Palace.
At Phaistos a considerable portion of the splendid
Palace that we now see above-ground is shown by
the evidence of vases to belong to this period. It is the
opinion, not only of Dr. Dorpfeld, but of Mr. Evans,
Dr. Mackenzie, and the Italian excavators themselves,4
that the Theatral Area and West Court at Phrestos,
and the one columned portico at their southern end,5
have no organic connection with the rest of the Palace.
All of them, indeed, were covered over before the later
building was erected. Now it is true that the Theatral
1 See pp. 51, 53. B.C. p. 7, would apparently assign to a
" Transition Period " between E.M. III. and M.M. I. pottery
of this character.
2 J.H.S. xxvi. pp. 244, 246, 252. 3 B.S.A. ix. p. 17.
4 Ath. Mitt. xxx. 1905, p. 264 ; B.S.A. xi. p. 185.
6 Nos. 4, 1, and 3 on the Plan of the Palace of Pha;stos,
originally published in Mon. Ant. xiv. Plate XXVII. and repro-
duced in Ath. Mitt. xxx. Plate X. and B.S.A. xi. Plate V.
See below, p. 79.
in 1904, to belong to Early Minoan III., the evidence
is not conclusive for the existence of a Palace on the hill
at that date. It is probable, however, that recourse need
not be made to the arguments just used, and that Mr.
Evans may be taken as accepting 1 the modifications
in the classification of Early and Middle Minoan pottery
suggested by Dr. Mackenzie in 1906.2 On this new
classification the earliest deposit of the basement with
the Monolithic pillars, and the little pit near the Pillar
Rooms, would be assigned to Middle Minoan I.
By this period, then, we may have at last reached the
foundation of a Palace on the hill of Knossos, but we
can tell little about its plan or structure, From the
pits and the basement we can infer that the walls were
of small rough masonry,5 unlike the splendid and regular
building of later days.
At the end of the period there are signs of a general
catastrophe, and with Middle Minoan II. there are un-
doubted traces of what we may call the Early Palace.
At Phaistos a considerable portion of the splendid
Palace that we now see above-ground is shown by
the evidence of vases to belong to this period. It is the
opinion, not only of Dr. Dorpfeld, but of Mr. Evans,
Dr. Mackenzie, and the Italian excavators themselves,4
that the Theatral Area and West Court at Phrestos,
and the one columned portico at their southern end,5
have no organic connection with the rest of the Palace.
All of them, indeed, were covered over before the later
building was erected. Now it is true that the Theatral
1 See pp. 51, 53. B.C. p. 7, would apparently assign to a
" Transition Period " between E.M. III. and M.M. I. pottery
of this character.
2 J.H.S. xxvi. pp. 244, 246, 252. 3 B.S.A. ix. p. 17.
4 Ath. Mitt. xxx. 1905, p. 264 ; B.S.A. xi. p. 185.
6 Nos. 4, 1, and 3 on the Plan of the Palace of Pha;stos,
originally published in Mon. Ant. xiv. Plate XXVII. and repro-
duced in Ath. Mitt. xxx. Plate X. and B.S.A. xi. Plate V.
See below, p. 79.