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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the basement and a doorway giving- on an inner passage. This fragment
of orthostatic gypsum facade with its Southern continuation reminds us of
that of the Great Palace where it borders the West Court, and demonstrates
the survival of an earlier Middle Minoan tradition.

Fig. 316. Section of Early Facade of ' Little Palace' with Gypsum Orthostats,

and Paved Causeway.

Site and Plan of ' Little Palace'.

As in the case of the Domestic Quarter and of the Royal Villa, the Site and
building is constructed in a cutting in the hill-side, facing the rising sun and ! Stde
protected alike from its hottest rays and from direct exposure to the fierce Palace'-
Northerly and Southerly winds that alternate through many months in this
part of Crete. In size it much exceeded the ordinary dimensions of a Minoan
private house, being 84 metres in length from North to South. Its original
width from East to West cannot be exactly stated, since a part of the
Eastern border is clearly wanting, but it probably exceeded a mean distance
°f 30 metres. It must, in any case, be regarded as something more than
an ordinary dwelling-house.

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