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 2,2): Town houses in Knossos of the new era and restored West Palace Section (London, 1928)

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§ 57. State Approach to Palace from North and West: 'Royal

Road5 and 'Theatral Area'.......572

Discovery of the ' Royal Road '—its structure and course ; Built drains in connexion
with it; Roman causeway on upper level; ' First European Road '—inverse arrange-
ment ; A Minoan Street; ' Magazine of the Arsenal'; ' Theatral Area'; Pavement
of earlier Court below and walled refuse pit; Probable existence of earlier Stepped
Area of Phaestian type ; Structure of ' Theatral Area '—its partial reconstitution ;
Presumed hall East; Descending runnel with parabolic curves; Southern steps of
area ; Enclosed by wall on West side ; Area not for large performances ; Room in
' Theatre ' for about 500 spectators; Performance there of Cretan dance; Probably
mainly a Reception area ; Chief entrance above, on Palace side ; Paved way heading
for North-West Corner Entrance and West Court.

§ 58. North-West Corner Entrance to Palace, and Sanctuary

Hall; Half-rosette and Triglyph Bands .... 588

Paved way from ' Theatral Area ' to N.W. Corner of Palace and West Court; Large
arched block of gypsum—' the Grand Piano'; Massive block of foundations at N.W.
Angle; Lateral support of entrance steps at N.W. Corner; Need of entrance to
Palace at this point; Remains of architectural reliefs; Band of triglyphs and half-
rosettes—parallel finds at Mycenae, &c. ; Frequent connexion with portals; Painted
plaster band from M. M. Ill cist; Compared with 'Miniature Frescoes'—their
M. M. Ill date now demonstrated ; Resemblances of Knossian examples in minutest
details to those of Mycenae ; Chronological equations ; Minoan border mouldings—
similar at Mycenae; Stone dado slabs from same deposit—also stone lamp and
basin; Architectural frescoes from Thirteenth Magazine—Columnar openings of
Pillar Sanctuary ; Illustrative paintings of buildings from Mycenae ; Chequer-work
an Egyptian feature ; Mycenae paintings showing ladies looking out of window ;
Comparison from Old Paphos ; Knossian examples-—a Private Box ; Fragments
from Thirteenth Magazine probably illustrative of Sanctuary Hall above ; Indications
of its surviving sanctity ; ' Palace Style' Amphoras with Double Axes ; the ' Camp-
stool Fresco'.

§ 59. The West Court : its Causeways and Altars ; and North-
West Treasure House.........609

Paved way leading from ' Theatral Area'; the West Court and its Causeways ; Circular
walled refuse pit—' Kouloura'—cleared out at intervals ; Paved over in M. M. Ill b ;
Pavement of Court—earlier and later portions ; Altar-base to North of Court ; Base-
blocks of earlier Palace facade ; Frontage here later set back ; Sanctity of interspace
thus exposed marked by another altar ; Steatite relief with isodomic altar and fig-tree
in walled enclosure ; Basements of ' N.W. Treasure House ' North of Court; Build-
ing restored in M. M. Ill b ; Earlier store-house below—important ceramic relics ;
The ' N.W. Pit'; Building enlarged in direction of Palace ; Plan of ' N.W. Treasure
House'—entirely basements; Late 'Palace Style' amphoras; L.M.Id vessels on
earlier floors : Palatial character of vases stored; Votive, sacral horns of bronze;
Double Axes on intaglio and jars—similar cult symbols on later vessels; Fresco
fragment on N. border—tree and bull-grappling scene—exceptional representation of
tree; Discovery of Palatial Bronze Hoard.

§ 60. Palatial Bronze Hoard from North-West Treasure House

and Contemporary Deposits from Private Houses . . 623

Palatial hoard of bronze vessels from North-West Treasure House ; Culmination of
series in private houses; Their M. M. III^-L. M. I a date; Similar hoards at
Tylissos, Mochlos, and H. Triada; Copper ingots ; Ingots borne by ' Aegeans ' on