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M. M. I: FOUNDATION OF KNOSSIAN PALACE 131
original wall on the side of the West Court dates from the mature M. M. I
Period. Probably, not long after that date, the original line of the facade
was thrown back along its southern section. This in turn was remodelled
early in M. M, IIP
Subsequent researches beneath the massive base blocks of the original
North wall of the Palace outside the North-East Entrance showed that
there too the latest sherds were early M. M. I.
In 1910 a series of similar tests were made alone the base blocks of Tests in
another massive wall-line—apparently the innermost enceinte on the East vvall° '
Slope.1 As was also the case with the North wall, huge blocks 2 were here
turned over in the process, so that the element in the interstices within was
Fig. 97. Massive Base Block at S.E. Corner of Early Wall Line,
Knossos, incised with Large Sign.
absolutely ' pure '. These researches again showed a uniform composition
of the interior element, no sherds later than early M. M. I coming to light,
and the preat bulk being either Neolithic or Early Minoan.13 Tests made
in the original southern wall-line (see below, p. 208, Fig. 154) produced
identical results, and, as shown above, the latest sherds found in the great
hypogaeum beneath the South Porch were also early M. M. I.
1 Immediately Last of the area where the stones beneath two of these large blocks, by
large pithoi were found, and half-way between
the ' Stone-spout' area and the Last Bastion,
and again farther South, a little East of the
light-well of the Hall of the Double Axes.
2 One of these blocks was 1-96 metres long
by 1-20 broad, and 0-55 cm. thick.
3 The results of the examination of the
sherds in the interstices of the foundation
myself and Dr. Mackenzie, may be given as
examples: (1) Neolithic, 322; Early Minoan,
137; M.M.I, 7. (2) Neolithic, 320; E. M.
111 ; M. M. I, 25. Only one or two examples
of polychrome sherds were found in the course
of these tests, and these of an early class with
powdery scarlet pigment.
K 2
original wall on the side of the West Court dates from the mature M. M. I
Period. Probably, not long after that date, the original line of the facade
was thrown back along its southern section. This in turn was remodelled
early in M. M, IIP
Subsequent researches beneath the massive base blocks of the original
North wall of the Palace outside the North-East Entrance showed that
there too the latest sherds were early M. M. I.
In 1910 a series of similar tests were made alone the base blocks of Tests in
another massive wall-line—apparently the innermost enceinte on the East vvall° '
Slope.1 As was also the case with the North wall, huge blocks 2 were here
turned over in the process, so that the element in the interstices within was
Fig. 97. Massive Base Block at S.E. Corner of Early Wall Line,
Knossos, incised with Large Sign.
absolutely ' pure '. These researches again showed a uniform composition
of the interior element, no sherds later than early M. M. I coming to light,
and the preat bulk being either Neolithic or Early Minoan.13 Tests made
in the original southern wall-line (see below, p. 208, Fig. 154) produced
identical results, and, as shown above, the latest sherds found in the great
hypogaeum beneath the South Porch were also early M. M. I.
1 Immediately Last of the area where the stones beneath two of these large blocks, by
large pithoi were found, and half-way between
the ' Stone-spout' area and the Last Bastion,
and again farther South, a little East of the
light-well of the Hall of the Double Axes.
2 One of these blocks was 1-96 metres long
by 1-20 broad, and 0-55 cm. thick.
3 The results of the examination of the
sherds in the interstices of the foundation
myself and Dr. Mackenzie, may be given as
examples: (1) Neolithic, 322; Early Minoan,
137; M.M.I, 7. (2) Neolithic, 320; E. M.
111 ; M. M. I, 25. Only one or two examples
of polychrome sherds were found in the course
of these tests, and these of an early class with
powdery scarlet pigment.
K 2