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Knossos Excavations, 1903.
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those on the higher level. Finally, the floor-levels above are proved by
their contents to belong to three distinct periods, the earliest of these
apparently answering to the first period of the Later Palace.
Very interesting data for the stratigraphy of the later structures was
afforded by the area about the Room of the Lotus Lamp excavated
in 1900. Throughout all this region two Later Palace floor-levels corre-
sponding with its first and second periods are traceable, and in places
again above these, as in the case of the Room of the 'Stirrup-Vases,' a slightly
higher floor belonging to the period of partial habitation.
During the first year's excavation only the two upper of these floor-
levels were laid bare. Further investigation has now shown the existence
of a lower floor-level dating from the first period of the Later Palace,
and below that again two deep walled pits of the earlier building.
The succession of periods is indicated by the section (X—X on plan)
given in Fig. 13. Here wall A dating from the foundation of the Later
Palace rests on wall B, which acts as a partition between two deep
walled cells of the earlier period. On either side of wall A are three
floor-levels answering respectively to the first and second period of the
Later Palace and to the decadent ' Mycenaean ' period when the site was
only partially occupied.
This latest period of occupation is well represented by the floor-
level on the left. Here on a clay floor about 80 centimetres below the
surface of the ground, which was in this area a threshing-floor, stood
' Stirrup-Vases,' plain clay amphoras, and other late types of vessel.
Beneath a clayey deposit, at a depth of about 20 centimetres below
the later level, was another floor, of plaster and clay, which finds its corre-
sponding section to the right of wall A. Upon this floor-level, which
answers to the second period of the Later Palace, were found, to the
left of the dividing wall, clay tablets with advanced linear script, and, to
the right, near an opening between later walls resting on this floor, frag-
ments of stucco with painted designs in the miniature style and belonging
to the same cycle as that delineating the pillar shrine.
Beneath this second flooring, which had a thickness of about 10
centimetres, was an earlier stratum 60 centimetres deep, the character
of which was clearly defined by the ceramic relics found immediately
above its floor, in an earth layer full of carbonised remains. On the floor
itself, which was composed of rough stones, stood the lower part of a
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those on the higher level. Finally, the floor-levels above are proved by
their contents to belong to three distinct periods, the earliest of these
apparently answering to the first period of the Later Palace.
Very interesting data for the stratigraphy of the later structures was
afforded by the area about the Room of the Lotus Lamp excavated
in 1900. Throughout all this region two Later Palace floor-levels corre-
sponding with its first and second periods are traceable, and in places
again above these, as in the case of the Room of the 'Stirrup-Vases,' a slightly
higher floor belonging to the period of partial habitation.
During the first year's excavation only the two upper of these floor-
levels were laid bare. Further investigation has now shown the existence
of a lower floor-level dating from the first period of the Later Palace,
and below that again two deep walled pits of the earlier building.
The succession of periods is indicated by the section (X—X on plan)
given in Fig. 13. Here wall A dating from the foundation of the Later
Palace rests on wall B, which acts as a partition between two deep
walled cells of the earlier period. On either side of wall A are three
floor-levels answering respectively to the first and second period of the
Later Palace and to the decadent ' Mycenaean ' period when the site was
only partially occupied.
This latest period of occupation is well represented by the floor-
level on the left. Here on a clay floor about 80 centimetres below the
surface of the ground, which was in this area a threshing-floor, stood
' Stirrup-Vases,' plain clay amphoras, and other late types of vessel.
Beneath a clayey deposit, at a depth of about 20 centimetres below
the later level, was another floor, of plaster and clay, which finds its corre-
sponding section to the right of wall A. Upon this floor-level, which
answers to the second period of the Later Palace, were found, to the
left of the dividing wall, clay tablets with advanced linear script, and, to
the right, near an opening between later walls resting on this floor, frag-
ments of stucco with painted designs in the miniature style and belonging
to the same cycle as that delineating the pillar shrine.
Beneath this second flooring, which had a thickness of about 10
centimetres, was an earlier stratum 60 centimetres deep, the character
of which was clearly defined by the ceramic relics found immediately
above its floor, in an earth layer full of carbonised remains. On the floor
itself, which was composed of rough stones, stood the lower part of a