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 2,1): Fresh lights on origins and external relations (London, 1928)

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§ 47. South-East Palace Angle and Adjacent Shrine of the

Double Axes...........326

Staircase of S.E. Palace Angle; Column-bases and Central Wall; Cement-paved
Light-area—Minoan Tarazza; Exedra beneath Landing ; Approach to S.E. Stairs
from South Corridor; Raising and reconstituting of fallen structures; S.E. Palace
Angle left derelict after Earthquake ; ' Insula ' North of it, continuously occupied ;
'Corridor of Sword Tablets'; S.E. Lustral Basin; Shrine of the Double Axes;
Offertory vessels in surrounding area; Survival of Old Palace Cult; Earlier relics
found in collapsed cavity—high relief of Lion in painted stucco ; Lion Guardians of
Minoan Goddess, later identified with Rhea ; Tripod altars of earlier Cult; Socketed
bare of Double Axe; Later shrine preserves earlier tradition—its successive floor-
levels ; The ' Reoccupation' Shrine of the Double Axes; Altar ledge with Cult
objects ; ' Dove Goddess ' and male votary ; The two Hand-maidens of the Goddess
—' ATA2KOYPAI'; Parallel examples on signet types ; Female image of crude primi-
tive type; Shrine of the Double Axes revival of old Palace Cult; Later Cult of
Spring-Chamber compared; Goddess in hut-urn there, Sub-Minoan; Proto-Geo-
metric Stage of Spring-Chamber not found in Double Axe Shrine; Suhmergence of
Shrine marks sudden end of ' Reoccupation'; Was it due to Mainland incursion ?
Discovery of leaden sling bullets among votive relics ; Prototypes of Greek specimens
from Knossos; No evidence of Minoan use of Slings ; Were the bullets shot by
Achaean marauders ? Period of Sea Raids—precedes Conquest.

§ 48. Restoration of Palace after M. M. Ill b Earthquake : Work
of Rlconstitution. Influence of Catastrophe ox Struc-
ture and Artistic Development.......347

Regional limitations of Earthquake ; Parts of Knossian Palace supported by Cutting
in hill-side; South Corridor destroyed and abandoned ; Ruin of West Section; Con-
trast with Phaestos ; Rubble structure of rebuilt inner walls ; Later wholesale abstrac-
tion of limestone masonry from exterior; Yet many remains of upper floors ; Work
of Reconstitution—use of reinforced concrete ; Restored upper elements—concrete
beams ; Copies of' Cup-bearer ' Fresco and ' Priest-King Relief replaced in position ;
Revival of Early Minoan method of plastering whole wall ascribed to effects of
Earthquake; Larger pictorial scope thus gained; Examples from H. Triada ; Narrow
bands, however, above dadoes survive; Great painted stucco reliefs—The Priest-
King, &c.; Bull-grappling reliefs already known in Middle Palace, but new impulse
now given to such large works; High reliefs of restored East Hall—acme of plastic
art; Bull-grappling reliefs of North Entrance; Survival of stone-reliefs with half-
rosettes and triglyphs ; M. M. Ill b ' Medallion Pithoi' in West Magazines; Con-
tinuity of Culture not affected by great Catastrophe ; Rapid recovery and rebuild-
ing—restored Palace still ceramically M. M. Ill b, though tabula rasa created
favours evolution of new cultural phase; Artistic reactions of XVIII Dyn. Egyptian
influence already visible in frescoes; Transitional style, linking M. M. Ill b and
L. M. I a.

§ 49. Town of Knossos and the Great Rebuilding : The South

House and Adjacent Quarter.......365

Seismic effects on Palace, and its later denudation of stone-work; Surrounding
Houses supply fuller Architectural evidence for New Era ; Increase in size of houses;
Neolithic and Early Minoan House remains ; Middle Minoan houses of S.E. Palace
Angle ; M. M. Town Section excavated in 1926, N.W. of House of the Frescoes';
Early drain and pottery, M. M. la; M. M. Ilia Vessels from house floors;
M. M. Ilia house plans; 'Tower Houses'; M. M. Town as illustrated by ' House
Tablets '; Fortified Enceinte of Juktas—M. M. la; Later Town of Knossos, open ;