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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had been the centre of a rich oil-producing district, and the meagre olive
growth of the modern landscape suggests that in Minoan times there had

been a greater rainfall than now.

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Fig. 32. Part of Course of Minoan Built Way showing Upper and Lower
Terrace Walls, Visala (from a Drawing by Piet de Jong).

The importance of this Minoan centre is further brought out by
the appearance on the highest part of the site, overlooking the steep hill-side
to the East, of lines of well-hewn limestone blocks,1 clearly belonging to
a small Palace, the residence of some local prince or governor. In the

1 This must be the building noted by The plan, however, can only be rendered
Taramelli, op. cit., p. 347, Fig. 21 (on p. 346). intelligible by excavation.