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THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC.
evidence has accumulated, partly due to the gradual completion of fuller
architectural plans of the Palace itself and its contiguous buildings, and to
the laborious reconstitution, already referred to, of the frescoes and other
remains, partly to the results of fresh excavations, such as those which
Mr. Seager and the Cretan Ephors as well as others in Mainland Greece were
able to pursue, and all this has had to be assimilated with the data already
collected. This further supplementary process, since it was indispensable in
order to bring the work up to date, has necessitated the repeated breaking up
and remodelling of the large part of this book that was already in print, and
the insertion of a whole series of new figures and plates. In order, moreover,
to obtain a fuller knowledge of the fresh materials and for the further
investigation of certain doubtful points, I commissioned Dr. Mackenzie
to visit Crete in the Autumn of 1920, and the valuable information that he
was able to obtain for me on the spot is also incorporated in this work.
The present Volume, prefaced by a general sketch of the Course of
Minoan Civilization, is devoted to a brief survey of the Neolithic stage
and of the Early Minoan phases, followed by an account of the Palace in the
Middle Minoan Age. It is hoped that the Second Volume may cover
the history of the Later Palace and with it the First and Second Periods
of the Late Minoan Age. A Third and supplementary Volume on a smaller
scale will include a short history of the site in the concluding Late Minoan part
of the Age, together with a tabular view of the Nine Minoan Periods, a general
index, and Plans and Sections of the Palace in separate folding sheets and
in a more elaborate form than has been yet attempted.
ARTHUR EVANS.
Youlbury, Berks., near Oxford,
June 1, 192 t.
THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC.
evidence has accumulated, partly due to the gradual completion of fuller
architectural plans of the Palace itself and its contiguous buildings, and to
the laborious reconstitution, already referred to, of the frescoes and other
remains, partly to the results of fresh excavations, such as those which
Mr. Seager and the Cretan Ephors as well as others in Mainland Greece were
able to pursue, and all this has had to be assimilated with the data already
collected. This further supplementary process, since it was indispensable in
order to bring the work up to date, has necessitated the repeated breaking up
and remodelling of the large part of this book that was already in print, and
the insertion of a whole series of new figures and plates. In order, moreover,
to obtain a fuller knowledge of the fresh materials and for the further
investigation of certain doubtful points, I commissioned Dr. Mackenzie
to visit Crete in the Autumn of 1920, and the valuable information that he
was able to obtain for me on the spot is also incorporated in this work.
The present Volume, prefaced by a general sketch of the Course of
Minoan Civilization, is devoted to a brief survey of the Neolithic stage
and of the Early Minoan phases, followed by an account of the Palace in the
Middle Minoan Age. It is hoped that the Second Volume may cover
the history of the Later Palace and with it the First and Second Periods
of the Late Minoan Age. A Third and supplementary Volume on a smaller
scale will include a short history of the site in the concluding Late Minoan part
of the Age, together with a tabular view of the Nine Minoan Periods, a general
index, and Plans and Sections of the Palace in separate folding sheets and
in a more elaborate form than has been yet attempted.
ARTHUR EVANS.
Youlbury, Berks., near Oxford,
June 1, 192 t.