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THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC.
part of a continuous story and as illustrating the course of the Periods into
which I have ventured to divide the Minoan Age.
But for the proper setting forth of that story, comparative illustrations
from other sources have been constantly necessary. Gaps in the Knossian
evidence have thus been filled in, with the kind permission of my friends and
colleagues who have excavated other Cretan sites. In the case of the Palace
itself I have had constantly in view the parallel edifices explored by the
Italian Archaeologists at Phaestos and Hagia Triada, the discoveries in which
have been placed so freely at my disposal by their excavators, Professor
Federigo Halbherr and Dr. Luigi Pernier. The town sites and their con-
tents brought to light by Mrs. Boyd Hawes at Gournik and by Prof. R. C.
Bosanquet and Prof. R. M. Dawkins and their colleagues at Palaikastro, on
behalf of the British School at Athens, as well as that of Zakro excavated by
Dr. D. G. Hogarth—with its remarkable hoard of Minoan sealings—and
the interesting researches of Prof. }. L. Myres in the votive sanctuary of
Petsofa, have also supplied many valuable comparisons. Miss Edith Hall
(Mrs. Dohan) has done much to elucidate the sepulchral remains and cultural
evolution of pre-historic Crete. To the Committee of the British School at
Athens and to the Council of the Hellenic Society I am much beholden
for their liberal permission to reproduce illustrations of these discoveries
from the Annual and Journal. In the course of this work 1 have been
constantly indebted to the kindness of the Director of the Candia Museum,
Dr. Joseph Hatziclakis, who by his own excavations at Tylissos, Malia, and
elsewhere has himself made such important contributions to our knowledge
of Minoan times. In all this I have also to associate his colleague
Dr. Stephanos Xanthudides, the Ephor General of Cretan Antiquities and
fortunate Explorer of the early ossuary ' tholoi ' of Messara, and of the
Sepulchral Cave and later Sanctuary at Nirou Khani, N.E. of Knossos.
This fresh material from other sources has been specially helpful
as regards the Early Minoan Age. The evidence regarding this, though
continuous at Knossos, was more fragmentary in its nature than that
relating to the Age of Palaces. Supplementary data of considerable interest
have here been forthcoming from the Sepulchral Cave referred to, from
the primitive ' tholos' ossuaries excavated by Professor Halbherr and
Dr. Xanthudides, and from the early settlement at Vasiliki explored by the
American archaeologist, Mr. Richard Seager. The full brilliancy attained by
this Early Minoan phase of Cretan civilization was first revealed, however,
THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC.
part of a continuous story and as illustrating the course of the Periods into
which I have ventured to divide the Minoan Age.
But for the proper setting forth of that story, comparative illustrations
from other sources have been constantly necessary. Gaps in the Knossian
evidence have thus been filled in, with the kind permission of my friends and
colleagues who have excavated other Cretan sites. In the case of the Palace
itself I have had constantly in view the parallel edifices explored by the
Italian Archaeologists at Phaestos and Hagia Triada, the discoveries in which
have been placed so freely at my disposal by their excavators, Professor
Federigo Halbherr and Dr. Luigi Pernier. The town sites and their con-
tents brought to light by Mrs. Boyd Hawes at Gournik and by Prof. R. C.
Bosanquet and Prof. R. M. Dawkins and their colleagues at Palaikastro, on
behalf of the British School at Athens, as well as that of Zakro excavated by
Dr. D. G. Hogarth—with its remarkable hoard of Minoan sealings—and
the interesting researches of Prof. }. L. Myres in the votive sanctuary of
Petsofa, have also supplied many valuable comparisons. Miss Edith Hall
(Mrs. Dohan) has done much to elucidate the sepulchral remains and cultural
evolution of pre-historic Crete. To the Committee of the British School at
Athens and to the Council of the Hellenic Society I am much beholden
for their liberal permission to reproduce illustrations of these discoveries
from the Annual and Journal. In the course of this work 1 have been
constantly indebted to the kindness of the Director of the Candia Museum,
Dr. Joseph Hatziclakis, who by his own excavations at Tylissos, Malia, and
elsewhere has himself made such important contributions to our knowledge
of Minoan times. In all this I have also to associate his colleague
Dr. Stephanos Xanthudides, the Ephor General of Cretan Antiquities and
fortunate Explorer of the early ossuary ' tholoi ' of Messara, and of the
Sepulchral Cave and later Sanctuary at Nirou Khani, N.E. of Knossos.
This fresh material from other sources has been specially helpful
as regards the Early Minoan Age. The evidence regarding this, though
continuous at Knossos, was more fragmentary in its nature than that
relating to the Age of Palaces. Supplementary data of considerable interest
have here been forthcoming from the Sepulchral Cave referred to, from
the primitive ' tholos' ossuaries excavated by Professor Halbherr and
Dr. Xanthudides, and from the early settlement at Vasiliki explored by the
American archaeologist, Mr. Richard Seager. The full brilliancy attained by
this Early Minoan phase of Cretan civilization was first revealed, however,