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M. M. Ill: BEGINNING OF THE NEW ERA 317
relation to the original structural core of the Domestic Quarter, will be
pointed out below.1 It is represented by the penultimate floor-level in the
section of the Magazine of the Medallion Pithoi given below in Fig. 233,
and its place in the stratification there shows that it marks the result of
a gradual revival after a long interval of stagnation which has left its record
in the thick stratum above the late M. M. II pavement.
The deposits illustrating the closing phase of this Period—here defined Stratified
r . . Deposits.
as M. M. Ill b—are of very wide extent, and the story that they tell is not
always the same. It is clear that throughout a large part of the Western
Wing there must have been a considerable conflagration, probably accom-
panied by lawless plundering. In the case of the 'floor cists' of the W. Wing
Sanctuary Area and the adjoining West Magazines, as well as in the
basements of the South-West,2 a burnt M. M. Ill stratum underlies the
Late Minoan structures. The cists themselves were filled in with carbonized
debris, often, as in the case of the 'Temple Repositories', containing the
remains of valuable possessions.
On the East Slope, however, the phenomena with which we have to Pheno-
deal seem to be largely of a different order. There is little of this burnt ^siope
M. M. Ill deposit, though it is clear that a wholesale remodelling took place
over a large part of this region early in the Late Minoan Age, accompanied
by the filling in of M.M. Ill Magazines or basements. In several Maga-
zines the M. M. Ill vessels were here left on the floors, as antiquated or of
little account, at the time when the new7 structures were built above them.
This filling in of walled spaces on what had been the upper terrace on Filling in
this slope seems to have been part of a methodical architectural plan carried ii/m^L
out at the beginning of the Late Minoan Age for raising the level of struc- zines, &c,
tares along the Eastern border of the Central Court. This process is in fact slope,
visible both South and North of the great Cutting on this side. To the
South of this was a distinct 1 insula ' presenting the remains of a compact
aggregation of M.M. Ill buildings, including a small ' lustral basin' and its
dependencies and a group of Magazines. These Magazines, named after the
Lily Vases in one of their compartments,3 were at this time deliberately earthed
under, with their contents intact, to afford a platform for a L. M. I step-way run-
ning up to the Central Court. So, too, in what may be termed the Northern
quarter on this side, the N.E. Magazines with their stacks of plain M. M. Ill
pottery and the adjoining N.E. Hall were covered in in the same manner.
1 Seep. 325 seqq. io, 11, Figs. 3, 4). See pp. 554, 555, Fig.
2 In one of these an inscribed M.M. Ill 416, b.
jar was found {Knossos, Report, 1901, pp. 3 See below, p. 575.
relation to the original structural core of the Domestic Quarter, will be
pointed out below.1 It is represented by the penultimate floor-level in the
section of the Magazine of the Medallion Pithoi given below in Fig. 233,
and its place in the stratification there shows that it marks the result of
a gradual revival after a long interval of stagnation which has left its record
in the thick stratum above the late M. M. II pavement.
The deposits illustrating the closing phase of this Period—here defined Stratified
r . . Deposits.
as M. M. Ill b—are of very wide extent, and the story that they tell is not
always the same. It is clear that throughout a large part of the Western
Wing there must have been a considerable conflagration, probably accom-
panied by lawless plundering. In the case of the 'floor cists' of the W. Wing
Sanctuary Area and the adjoining West Magazines, as well as in the
basements of the South-West,2 a burnt M. M. Ill stratum underlies the
Late Minoan structures. The cists themselves were filled in with carbonized
debris, often, as in the case of the 'Temple Repositories', containing the
remains of valuable possessions.
On the East Slope, however, the phenomena with which we have to Pheno-
deal seem to be largely of a different order. There is little of this burnt ^siope
M. M. Ill deposit, though it is clear that a wholesale remodelling took place
over a large part of this region early in the Late Minoan Age, accompanied
by the filling in of M.M. Ill Magazines or basements. In several Maga-
zines the M. M. Ill vessels were here left on the floors, as antiquated or of
little account, at the time when the new7 structures were built above them.
This filling in of walled spaces on what had been the upper terrace on Filling in
this slope seems to have been part of a methodical architectural plan carried ii/m^L
out at the beginning of the Late Minoan Age for raising the level of struc- zines, &c,
tares along the Eastern border of the Central Court. This process is in fact slope,
visible both South and North of the great Cutting on this side. To the
South of this was a distinct 1 insula ' presenting the remains of a compact
aggregation of M.M. Ill buildings, including a small ' lustral basin' and its
dependencies and a group of Magazines. These Magazines, named after the
Lily Vases in one of their compartments,3 were at this time deliberately earthed
under, with their contents intact, to afford a platform for a L. M. I step-way run-
ning up to the Central Court. So, too, in what may be termed the Northern
quarter on this side, the N.E. Magazines with their stacks of plain M. M. Ill
pottery and the adjoining N.E. Hall were covered in in the same manner.
1 Seep. 325 seqq. io, 11, Figs. 3, 4). See pp. 554, 555, Fig.
2 In one of these an inscribed M.M. Ill 416, b.
jar was found {Knossos, Report, 1901, pp. 3 See below, p. 575.