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.

same massive wall that flanked the former Corridor on its inner side. The
Northern continuation of this wall repeats the structural succession already
observed in the case of the section bordering the E.-W. Corridor—its lower

Fig. 267. West Wall of School Room', bordering the Loom-Weight Area; the
Lower Courses here are M.M. II and above these are seen the Sockets for the
Posts of the M.M. Ill Structure : A Gypsum Door-jamb from above has fallen to one.

M.M. II part beine of M. M.II masonry, while, at the same level as in the other

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Elements section,—about 2 metres, that is, above the floor level—this construction
do?Wall cnanges and we recognize the typical M. M. Ill feature of piers of stone-
work separated by upright wooden beams (Fig. 267).