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•GREAT REBUILDING'AT END OF M.M. Ill . 873
ceramic remains of this preceding stage display a fairly advanced L. M. I a
style and probably belong to the closing years of the Sixteenth Century B.C.
In the Palace, as now restored round about 1500 n.c, the earliest Palace
characteristic works represent the then current L. M. I b style. On the jj^uj
other hand, apart from the superficial elements of a decorative nature, it sl)'le-
seems probable that much of the building, both in its general extent and its
arrangement had been inherited from the preceding stage. This was
particularly the case in the basement rooms of the ' Domestic Quarter', held
together by the ' Great Cutting' in the East Slope in which they were set.
These, for instance, largely preserved the high gypsum dadoes of the earlier
tradition.
To understand the character 0! the relationship—in some respects so
intimate—it is necessary therefore to glance at the Palace as it had taken
shape at the time of the ' Great Rebuilding' of M. M. Ill b. The origins of
the ' New Palace ' as a whole in fact go back to that architectural revolution.
The ' Great Rebuilding ' towards the close of M. M. Ill* in its Relation
to the latest Palatial Stage.
The 'Great Rebuilding' that took place towards the close of the Elements
M. M. Ill b Period was drastic in character, and the interior plan of the from
Palace was in some respects much improved. The West Porch and adjoining e'^r ,
Corridor, later known as the Corridor of the Procession, were reconstructed 'New
on more spacious lines, the South Propylaeum, though reduced in width,1 &^m%
was restored as part of an equally spacious system, with a stepway ascending , °m
to the piano nobile and its successive pillar halls. But the chief improve- Rebuild-
ment in the West section was the broadening out of the facade towards m?m.
the Central Court, which, in the final stage of this restoration, gave room ""■
for the later ' Stepped Porch', leading up from the Court to the Central features
Staircase. All these new features survived to the days of the final catastrophe of lhls-
of the Palace. On the other hand, along the South front there had been at
this time a decided shrinkage. Not only was the ' South Propylaeum'
Very full evidence on this point came out Palace, were of the same date (lb., pp. 672,
regarding the New South Propylaeum where 673). So, too, the elaborate tests made in
the early cist, overrun by its East wall, was 1925 and 1926 in the foundations of the later
found half full of M. M. Ill sherds, mostly of facade West of the Central Court (see Hi.
the b class with no later ingredient (P. of M., pp. 802, S03 and notes 1 and 2) showed a
". Ft. II, p. 701). The latest underlying pure M. M.- Ill I medium, without any"admS-
elements beneath the floor of the later West ture of I,. M. I a sherds.
porch, another fine structure of the New
ceramic remains of this preceding stage display a fairly advanced L. M. I a
style and probably belong to the closing years of the Sixteenth Century B.C.
In the Palace, as now restored round about 1500 n.c, the earliest Palace
characteristic works represent the then current L. M. I b style. On the jj^uj
other hand, apart from the superficial elements of a decorative nature, it sl)'le-
seems probable that much of the building, both in its general extent and its
arrangement had been inherited from the preceding stage. This was
particularly the case in the basement rooms of the ' Domestic Quarter', held
together by the ' Great Cutting' in the East Slope in which they were set.
These, for instance, largely preserved the high gypsum dadoes of the earlier
tradition.
To understand the character 0! the relationship—in some respects so
intimate—it is necessary therefore to glance at the Palace as it had taken
shape at the time of the ' Great Rebuilding' of M. M. Ill b. The origins of
the ' New Palace ' as a whole in fact go back to that architectural revolution.
The ' Great Rebuilding ' towards the close of M. M. Ill* in its Relation
to the latest Palatial Stage.
The 'Great Rebuilding' that took place towards the close of the Elements
M. M. Ill b Period was drastic in character, and the interior plan of the from
Palace was in some respects much improved. The West Porch and adjoining e'^r ,
Corridor, later known as the Corridor of the Procession, were reconstructed 'New
on more spacious lines, the South Propylaeum, though reduced in width,1 &^m%
was restored as part of an equally spacious system, with a stepway ascending , °m
to the piano nobile and its successive pillar halls. But the chief improve- Rebuild-
ment in the West section was the broadening out of the facade towards m?m.
the Central Court, which, in the final stage of this restoration, gave room ""■
for the later ' Stepped Porch', leading up from the Court to the Central features
Staircase. All these new features survived to the days of the final catastrophe of lhls-
of the Palace. On the other hand, along the South front there had been at
this time a decided shrinkage. Not only was the ' South Propylaeum'
Very full evidence on this point came out Palace, were of the same date (lb., pp. 672,
regarding the New South Propylaeum where 673). So, too, the elaborate tests made in
the early cist, overrun by its East wall, was 1925 and 1926 in the foundations of the later
found half full of M. M. Ill sherds, mostly of facade West of the Central Court (see Hi.
the b class with no later ingredient (P. of M., pp. 802, S03 and notes 1 and 2) showed a
". Ft. II, p. 701). The latest underlying pure M. M.- Ill I medium, without any"admS-
elements beneath the floor of the later West ture of I,. M. I a sherds.
porch, another fine structure of the New