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The Prehistoric Tombs of Knossos.
409
The present class of tomb originates therefore in the same troglodytic instinct that
produced the chamber tombs and tholoi, and the pit here is the equivalent of the
dromos. The cavity itself, being less easily accessible, would tend from the, first
-50 cm:
2-15
Pit
(Floor 2-50 HL.down)
' cm.—
Lower Ledge
(150 m.dotvn)
4-IOm.
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Scale of TMetrcs I........_ i .... I_i_
Fig. 12a. Plan of Pit-Cave (No. 7).
to be smaller than that of the other class, and in the present sepulchral type it is
reduced to a mere cell.
Considerations like the above lead to the conclusion that the differences of
sepulchral type visible at Zafer Papoura are ultimately due to topographical
causes. It must at the same time be observed that the three distinct forms of
3 s 2
409
The present class of tomb originates therefore in the same troglodytic instinct that
produced the chamber tombs and tholoi, and the pit here is the equivalent of the
dromos. The cavity itself, being less easily accessible, would tend from the, first
-50 cm:
2-15
Pit
(Floor 2-50 HL.down)
' cm.—
Lower Ledge
(150 m.dotvn)
4-IOm.
s
o
o
o
£
o
o
t
40 cm.-
0
©
—»
Scale of TMetrcs I........_ i .... I_i_
Fig. 12a. Plan of Pit-Cave (No. 7).
to be smaller than that of the other class, and in the present sepulchral type it is
reduced to a mere cell.
Considerations like the above lead to the conclusion that the differences of
sepulchral type visible at Zafer Papoura are ultimately due to topographical
causes. It must at the same time be observed that the three distinct forms of
3 s 2