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)

662 ORIGINAL ENTRANCE PASSAGE RUNNING EAST

as a test exploration between its orthostats showed, of not later date than the
close of the First Middle Minoan Period—there are visible the limestone
pavement slabs of an earlier structure. Similar early slabbing runs under
the West end of the early Magazine C (see Plan, Fig. 425).

There are even indications that, from the point where we thus have
evidence of an opening Eastward in the older Western facade line, there had

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Fig. 423. Plan showing Course of Old Entrance Causeway from the West running
under Wall-lines of Later Facade.

Traces of been—in accordance with the 'insulation' of the earlier Palace plan—a through
through avenue to the Central Court. The Southern section of the Third Magazine,
W^tcf^ which would have included part of the original entrance way, corresponds in
fact with a passage through the Eastern wall-line of the Long Corridor.
This continues East, past the jambs of very early Magazines cut through
and, except for their jambs, practically obliterated by the later cross-walls
that run at right a,ngles to them (see Plan A at end of Volume). As
planned, however, they had formed a series of three or four short compart-
ments, such as are found at Phaestos. These abutted on what may well
have been a wider and more important corridor running from West to
East, and forming the continuation of the preceding section on the West
side of the Long Corridor. A view of this passage in its later shape, looking
West, is "iven in Figf. 424.