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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.8755#0061
A. J. Evans
its derivation, through the askos type, from a primitive skin vessel,—would
be alone sufficient to place it outside the Minoan series. It is, in fact, a
typical ceramic product of Melos ; and identical types of vessel with the
same bird designs were found at Phylakopi associated with remains
belonging to an advanced period of the Second Settlement.
Fig. 26.—Painted Vessels from Temple Repositories.
The synchronism thus established is of great archaeological import-
ance. These Melian ' bird vases' belong in fact to the same cultural
stratum there as the ' Pillar-Houses,' which in other respects present such
a marked parallelism with the Pillar Rooms of the Knossian Palace. In
its derivation, through the askos type, from a primitive skin vessel,—would
be alone sufficient to place it outside the Minoan series. It is, in fact, a
typical ceramic product of Melos ; and identical types of vessel with the
same bird designs were found at Phylakopi associated with remains
belonging to an advanced period of the Second Settlement.
Fig. 26.—Painted Vessels from Temple Repositories.
The synchronism thus established is of great archaeological import-
ance. These Melian ' bird vases' belong in fact to the same cultural
stratum there as the ' Pillar-Houses,' which in other respects present such
a marked parallelism with the Pillar Rooms of the Knossian Palace. In