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corresponding to the later period of partial occupation, represented in the
other section by the Room of the ' Stirrup-Vases.' This is one of many
indications of the sporadic character of that occupation.
The uppermost floor-levels here, in all cases of clay or rough cement
and plaster, belong to the second period of the Later Palace. That of Room
C, indeed, bore upon it some of the most distinctive artistic products of the
last great age of Knossos in the shape of the remains of the painted stucco
ceiling with spiral relief, and of the miniature wall-paintings. The floors
of this Later Palace period, as seen in C, D, and E, are all practically of the
same level, about 40 centimetres below the paving of the Central Court, from
which, in the case of Room C, access was afforded by means of three
descending steps.
In this Section too we see a lower and original floor-level of the Later
Palace with an intermediate stratum between it and the more recent floor-
level, somewhat less in thickness (50 as against 60 centimetres), than that
which occupies a corresponding position in Fig. 13. This flooring in the
spaces below C and D is composed of good limestone slabs. In E, on the
other hand, it is composed of plaster and a kind of clay cement with a
burnt stratum immediately above it containing small rough vases like those
associated with the large pitlios in Fig. 13. Below this layer in turn there
is in this case too a deep walled pit belonging to a still earlier Palace.
§ 7.—'Kaselles' of the West Magazines and Discovery of those
of the Long Gallekv.
The supplementary exploration carried out in 1901 of the ' Kaselles '
(Kacre\\ai<;) or Stone Cists along and under the paved floors of the Western
Magazines had already supplied evidence of the partial or entire closing of
these in the course of the history of the Later Palace.1 In some cases the
original depth of the cist has been reduced by the construction of a new
bottom at a higher level. These upper receptacles were as a rule found
open, having been apparently provided at most with a wooden cover.
From the blackening of their walls and of the surrounding part of the
Magazines it is clear that they had served in many cases as oil-vats. The
remains associated with these upper receptacles, such as fragments of
1 Report, &.C., 1901, p. 44 sei/q.
a. j. Evans
corresponding to the later period of partial occupation, represented in the
other section by the Room of the ' Stirrup-Vases.' This is one of many
indications of the sporadic character of that occupation.
The uppermost floor-levels here, in all cases of clay or rough cement
and plaster, belong to the second period of the Later Palace. That of Room
C, indeed, bore upon it some of the most distinctive artistic products of the
last great age of Knossos in the shape of the remains of the painted stucco
ceiling with spiral relief, and of the miniature wall-paintings. The floors
of this Later Palace period, as seen in C, D, and E, are all practically of the
same level, about 40 centimetres below the paving of the Central Court, from
which, in the case of Room C, access was afforded by means of three
descending steps.
In this Section too we see a lower and original floor-level of the Later
Palace with an intermediate stratum between it and the more recent floor-
level, somewhat less in thickness (50 as against 60 centimetres), than that
which occupies a corresponding position in Fig. 13. This flooring in the
spaces below C and D is composed of good limestone slabs. In E, on the
other hand, it is composed of plaster and a kind of clay cement with a
burnt stratum immediately above it containing small rough vases like those
associated with the large pitlios in Fig. 13. Below this layer in turn there
is in this case too a deep walled pit belonging to a still earlier Palace.
§ 7.—'Kaselles' of the West Magazines and Discovery of those
of the Long Gallekv.
The supplementary exploration carried out in 1901 of the ' Kaselles '
(Kacre\\ai<;) or Stone Cists along and under the paved floors of the Western
Magazines had already supplied evidence of the partial or entire closing of
these in the course of the history of the Later Palace.1 In some cases the
original depth of the cist has been reduced by the construction of a new
bottom at a higher level. These upper receptacles were as a rule found
open, having been apparently provided at most with a wooden cover.
From the blackening of their walls and of the surrounding part of the
Magazines it is clear that they had served in many cases as oil-vats. The
remains associated with these upper receptacles, such as fragments of
1 Report, &.C., 1901, p. 44 sei/q.