THE
PALACE OF MINOS
A COMPARATIVE ACCOUNT OF THE SUCCESSIVE
STAGES OF THE EARLY CRETAN CIVILIZATION
AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE DISCOVERIES
AT KNOSSOS
By SIR ARTHUR EVANS
D. LITT., ETC., F.R.S., F.B.A., HON. V.P.S.A., ROYAL GOLD MEDALLIST, R.I.B.A.
FOREIGN MEMBER OF THE R. ACAD. OF THE LINCEI, OF THE BAVARIAN, R. DANISH, SWEDISH, AND SERBIAN ACADS., OF THE GOTTINGEN SOC. OF
SCIENCES, OF THE R. ACAD. OF SCIENCES, AMSTERDAM, OF THE GERMAN, AUSTRIAN, AND AMERICAN ARCH. INSTS. AND THE ARCH. SOC. OF ATHENS :
CONRESPONDANT DE L'lNSTIIUT DE FRANCE
l
EXTRAORDINARY PROFESSOR OF PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY
HON. KEEPER OF THE ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM AND FELLOW OF BRASENOSE COLLEGE
IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
Volume 1
THE NEOLITHIC AND EARLY AND MIDDLE MINOAN AGES
WITH 542 FIGURES IN THE TEXT, PEAKS, TABLES,
COLOURED AND SUPPLEMENTARY PLATES
MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED
ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON
1921
PALACE OF MINOS
A COMPARATIVE ACCOUNT OF THE SUCCESSIVE
STAGES OF THE EARLY CRETAN CIVILIZATION
AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE DISCOVERIES
AT KNOSSOS
By SIR ARTHUR EVANS
D. LITT., ETC., F.R.S., F.B.A., HON. V.P.S.A., ROYAL GOLD MEDALLIST, R.I.B.A.
FOREIGN MEMBER OF THE R. ACAD. OF THE LINCEI, OF THE BAVARIAN, R. DANISH, SWEDISH, AND SERBIAN ACADS., OF THE GOTTINGEN SOC. OF
SCIENCES, OF THE R. ACAD. OF SCIENCES, AMSTERDAM, OF THE GERMAN, AUSTRIAN, AND AMERICAN ARCH. INSTS. AND THE ARCH. SOC. OF ATHENS :
CONRESPONDANT DE L'lNSTIIUT DE FRANCE
l
EXTRAORDINARY PROFESSOR OF PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY
HON. KEEPER OF THE ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM AND FELLOW OF BRASENOSE COLLEGE
IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
Volume 1
THE NEOLITHIC AND EARLY AND MIDDLE MINOAN AGES
WITH 542 FIGURES IN THE TEXT, PEAKS, TABLES,
COLOURED AND SUPPLEMENTARY PLATES
MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED
ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON
1921