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WIDESPREAD BUILDING ACTIVITY 567
houses in the Harbour Town of Knossos itself, and the neighbouring ofbmld-
0 ° m<T ac-
site of Tylissos is distinguished by a noble group of mansions.1 They are tivlty.
of about the same size, standing well apart from one another, that to the Man-
.... . sions of
West, which is of a simple oblong shape,—21-5 metres by 16,—being about Tylissos
a third larger than the South House at Knossos. At Niru Khani, again, the KhaJjj
haven to the North-East of Knossos—the fine ' House of the Propaganda '
above described 2—is of contemporary date.
Of the outburst of building activity at this epoch, which may be taken Similar
also to include the earliest phase of L. M. I, there is abundant evidence mena at
throughout the whole of the Eastern part of the Island. The later towns at ^ro
Palaikastro and Zakro and that at Gournia belong to this time. In the Palai-
knstro.
two former sites mansions occur comparable to those described about the
Knossian Palace. In the remains of House A at Zakro,3 where clay seal-
impressions occurred in association with M. M. Ill b vases, and, again, in
two others,4 we meet with the familiar Pillar Crypts of the Minoan domestic
cult. The house described as Block J, of which the square ground-plan has
been completely brought out, covers an area of about 300 square metres,
and the similar ground-plan of C is only a little less.5
The finest house at Palaikastro—' House B'6—which is still larger7
(see Plan, Fig. 354)—also goes back to the close of M. M. Ill,8 though
modified in L. M. I. The earlier entrance of this house, at 12, had been
blocked, and another (8) opening directly into the Court, on the harbour
side, had been substituted, with a little niche for a doorkeeper's bench, such
as occurs elsewhere. The Court itself is of special interest from the fact
that it presents the remains of a verandah with alternating round and
rectangular pillars, recalling those of the Central Court in the Palace of
Mallia. Of great importance, too, is the principal chamber or Megaron (6)
1 J. Hatzidakis, TvAio-cros Mwuuoj ('Apx- 'Ec£., mentary observations of Professor Bosanquet,
1912, p. 197 seqq.) : fuller plans are given in B. S. A., ix, pp. 287, 288.
his article (translated by L. Pernier) in Ausonia, 7 Its total area amounts to about 488 square
viii, PI. 3. metres.
2 See above, p. 281 seqq. and Fig. 1G7. 8 Thus at the West end of Room x?, part of
3 D. G. Hogarth, Excavations at Zakro, a later wall was removed exposing a face of
Crete, B. S. A., vii, p. 131 : Plan. well-finished small ashlar masonry coated with
1 I/iid. ' Block E' and p. 138, 'Block J'. white plaster and identical, as Professor Bosan-
5 Op. at., p. 138. C measures 17 by 16 quet observes (B. S. A., ix, p. 278), with that of
metres. a small house shown by the pottery found
" R. C. Bosanquet, B. S. A., viii, pp. 310- in it to be as old as the Middle Minoan
16 and Fig. 23 ; see, too, PI. XX. In the Plan, period.
Fig. 354, note has been taken of some supple-
houses in the Harbour Town of Knossos itself, and the neighbouring ofbmld-
0 ° m<T ac-
site of Tylissos is distinguished by a noble group of mansions.1 They are tivlty.
of about the same size, standing well apart from one another, that to the Man-
.... . sions of
West, which is of a simple oblong shape,—21-5 metres by 16,—being about Tylissos
a third larger than the South House at Knossos. At Niru Khani, again, the KhaJjj
haven to the North-East of Knossos—the fine ' House of the Propaganda '
above described 2—is of contemporary date.
Of the outburst of building activity at this epoch, which may be taken Similar
also to include the earliest phase of L. M. I, there is abundant evidence mena at
throughout the whole of the Eastern part of the Island. The later towns at ^ro
Palaikastro and Zakro and that at Gournia belong to this time. In the Palai-
knstro.
two former sites mansions occur comparable to those described about the
Knossian Palace. In the remains of House A at Zakro,3 where clay seal-
impressions occurred in association with M. M. Ill b vases, and, again, in
two others,4 we meet with the familiar Pillar Crypts of the Minoan domestic
cult. The house described as Block J, of which the square ground-plan has
been completely brought out, covers an area of about 300 square metres,
and the similar ground-plan of C is only a little less.5
The finest house at Palaikastro—' House B'6—which is still larger7
(see Plan, Fig. 354)—also goes back to the close of M. M. Ill,8 though
modified in L. M. I. The earlier entrance of this house, at 12, had been
blocked, and another (8) opening directly into the Court, on the harbour
side, had been substituted, with a little niche for a doorkeeper's bench, such
as occurs elsewhere. The Court itself is of special interest from the fact
that it presents the remains of a verandah with alternating round and
rectangular pillars, recalling those of the Central Court in the Palace of
Mallia. Of great importance, too, is the principal chamber or Megaron (6)
1 J. Hatzidakis, TvAio-cros Mwuuoj ('Apx- 'Ec£., mentary observations of Professor Bosanquet,
1912, p. 197 seqq.) : fuller plans are given in B. S. A., ix, pp. 287, 288.
his article (translated by L. Pernier) in Ausonia, 7 Its total area amounts to about 488 square
viii, PI. 3. metres.
2 See above, p. 281 seqq. and Fig. 1G7. 8 Thus at the West end of Room x?, part of
3 D. G. Hogarth, Excavations at Zakro, a later wall was removed exposing a face of
Crete, B. S. A., vii, p. 131 : Plan. well-finished small ashlar masonry coated with
1 I/iid. ' Block E' and p. 138, 'Block J'. white plaster and identical, as Professor Bosan-
5 Op. at., p. 138. C measures 17 by 16 quet observes (B. S. A., ix, p. 278), with that of
metres. a small house shown by the pottery found
" R. C. Bosanquet, B. S. A., viii, pp. 310- in it to be as old as the Middle Minoan
16 and Fig. 23 ; see, too, PI. XX. In the Plan, period.
Fig. 354, note has been taken of some supple-