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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of three distant epochs in the history of the Palace store-houses. In the first Three
or Early Palace stage the arrangements were evidently for storage in bulk. ofPw.1S
That great 'knobbed' pithoi like those to the N.E. of the Palace site were Maga"
at this time placed within these Magazines may be inferred, though the
catastrophe of the close of M. M. II and the extensive reconstruction that
took place in the succeeding Period, marked by the quantities of re-used and
broken blocks visible in the walls, had entirely removed the remains of these

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earlier jars. In the second or M. M. 111 stage we are confronted with the
elaborate framework of the new ' kaselles', which, from their construction
and relatively small capacity, seem to have been made for the reception ot
more valuable contents. Finally, the Late Minoan arrangement shows the
cists at first reduced to superficial vats, and finally paved over in order to
supply a wider platform for the great oil jars. It is specially interesting to
observe, moreover, that the careful exploration of the entrance to this Maga-
zine and others has brought to light three successive stages answering to
the respective arrangements found within.

In the first stage, that of the Earlier Palace, we see a broad opening
with massive limestone antae consisting of two high blocks, one over the
other, with a continuous reveal to catch a wooden framework. There was