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)

§3- EARLY MINOAN II (E. M. II)

Acme of Early Minoan Culture ; Early buildings of Vasilikl; Painted
Plaster on Walls ; Primitive ' T/ioloi' ; ' House Tombs' of Mochlos ; Pottery
with dark on light decoration ; Vessels from E. M. I House-floors, Knossos ;
Origin of 'butterfly' ornament; Clay Boats and Tables of Offering; Proto-
types of classical' Kerrtpi'; Mottled Ware ; Comparisons with Early Egyptian
spouted vessels; Cynocephali on Ivory Seals; ' Idols ' ofproto-Egyptian form ;
Faience Boivl and Beads; Influence of Fourth to Sixth Dynasty Stone Vases ;
Carinated Bowls; Stone Vises from Mochlos; Relief of Dog; Cylinders
and Seals of Clay and Ivory ; Goldsmith's ivork ; Flowers and Foliage ; ' Eye
bandages'—Embryo Death Masks—anticipations of Mycenae; Copper Arms
and Implements ; Votive Double Axes ; Dove pendants ; Chronological limits.

Tins is the epoch at which the Early Minoan culture of Crete attains E. M. n

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its most brilliant development. Our knowledge of the extraordinary advance Early
in various branches of art achieved during- this Period is mainly due to :\Il;loan

0 J Culture.

Mr. Seager's explorations of the early tombs of the Islet of Mochlos in
Eastern Crete. Within this Period are also comprised most of the earlier

Fig. 39. Plan of E. M. II Buildings at A'asiliki (Seagkr) :
House on the Hill Top.

elements of the primitive ' tholoi ' of Hagia Triada, and Messara. Remains
of an E. M. II house to the south of the Palace at Knossos, under-
lying M. M. I walls, came to light in 1908, the floors of which produced an
abundance of pottery, including the characteristic ' mottled ware ' (see Fig. 40),
Two successive plans of buildings found by Mr. Seager at Vasilikl,