Evans, Arthur J.: The Palace of Minos: a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustred by the discoveries at Knossos (Band 1): The Neolithic and Early and Middle Minoan Ages (London, 1921)

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THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC.

Vertically

Pierced

Handles.

are closely allied to a family of suspension vessels found in Early Cyeladic
graves and in the first stratum of Troy.1

It is of interest to note that the perforations for suspension in this class
of vessels are always vertical. The perforated ledges of the pure Neolithic
ware, on the other hand, are always horizontally bored. By a gradual
enlargement of the hole this latter type developed into broad loops, large
enough to be held by the fingers, and so into ordinary upright handles. The

"St,

Fig. 25. E. M. I Painted Jug, Hagios
Onuphrios (f).

Fig. 26. E. M. I Painted Jug, Rock-Shelter,
Gournia (f).

vertically perforated ledges of the present E. M. I class in their turn supply
the prototypes of a long series of horizontally set handles.
Dark and ^ nas been pointed out by Dr. Mackenzie - that the painted fragments

Dark on found on the site of Knossos in the stratum that merges into the latest

Light De- . . ... ...

coration. Neolithic show already in an incipient form the leading characteristics of the

1 B. S. A., iii, pp. 44-5. Figs. 10-15 (Melos);
'E0. 'APX. 1898, PI. IX, i-5(Paros); Troja
und Ilion, I, p. 248, Figs. 109, 110, in.

2 The Pottery of Knossos (J. H. S., xxiii,
1903, pp. 164, 165).