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TRANSACTIONS^ DEPARTMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGY, U. OF P.
designs from the votive robes of the snake goddess (Fig. 33 and X. & A. 1902-
1903, p. 77, Fig. 56b). The latter linear design is similar to a latticed pattern
on a fresco from Knossos (J. ZZ. Z. Z?. A. 1902-1903, p. 129, No. 76) and
to the latticed decoration of the preceding period. The pattern on the
votive belt in Fig. 33 is also reminiscent of Middle Minoan II design.
The class of mixed designs is represented in this period by the pattern in
Fig. 34. Except for the added grasses this pattern too is typical of the design
of the preceding period (see Fig. 4 and AZon. AnZ 1895, VI, PI. X, 27)4
LATE MlNOAN 1.
Large quantities of pottery of the succeeding Late Minoan I period have
been brought into the museum at Herakleion during the last six years, but
only a small number of these vases has been published (see table opp. p. 50).
The publication of the excavations at Gournia, which have yielded more of
thE pottery than any other site, is shortly to appear.
In technique this ware differs widely from the preceding. Some vases
are still painted in the fashion prevalent at the end of the Middle Minoan III
period, that is, with white designs on a dark paint ground, but more numerous
are vases painted in a fully developed Mycenaean technique of dark glaze
paint design on the light ground of the clay. Characteristic is a combination of
the two techniques of light-on-dark and dark-on-light designs upon the same
vase (J. ZZ. X 1902, XXII, PI. XII, 2)4 Characteristic also of this period
is the use of superaclcled white. The eyes of spirals are commonly ornamented
with a circle of white dots, and bands of dark paint are often used as the back-
ground for rows of dots or leaf-like splashes of white (J. ZZ. X 1903, XXIII,
p. 106, Fig. 7, and forthcoming Gournia publication). This practice must be
regarded as the continuation of Middle Minoan II technique.
* Mr. Evans notes that this design is analogous to Egyptian Middle Empire decoration.
^ Combinations of the two techniques are known as early as the Middle Minoan II
period. See J. #. 8. 1903, XXIII, p. 177, and PI. VI, 4.
TRANSACTIONS^ DEPARTMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGY, U. OF P.
designs from the votive robes of the snake goddess (Fig. 33 and X. & A. 1902-
1903, p. 77, Fig. 56b). The latter linear design is similar to a latticed pattern
on a fresco from Knossos (J. ZZ. Z. Z?. A. 1902-1903, p. 129, No. 76) and
to the latticed decoration of the preceding period. The pattern on the
votive belt in Fig. 33 is also reminiscent of Middle Minoan II design.
The class of mixed designs is represented in this period by the pattern in
Fig. 34. Except for the added grasses this pattern too is typical of the design
of the preceding period (see Fig. 4 and AZon. AnZ 1895, VI, PI. X, 27)4
LATE MlNOAN 1.
Large quantities of pottery of the succeeding Late Minoan I period have
been brought into the museum at Herakleion during the last six years, but
only a small number of these vases has been published (see table opp. p. 50).
The publication of the excavations at Gournia, which have yielded more of
thE pottery than any other site, is shortly to appear.
In technique this ware differs widely from the preceding. Some vases
are still painted in the fashion prevalent at the end of the Middle Minoan III
period, that is, with white designs on a dark paint ground, but more numerous
are vases painted in a fully developed Mycenaean technique of dark glaze
paint design on the light ground of the clay. Characteristic is a combination of
the two techniques of light-on-dark and dark-on-light designs upon the same
vase (J. ZZ. X 1902, XXII, PI. XII, 2)4 Characteristic also of this period
is the use of superaclcled white. The eyes of spirals are commonly ornamented
with a circle of white dots, and bands of dark paint are often used as the back-
ground for rows of dots or leaf-like splashes of white (J. ZZ. X 1903, XXIII,
p. 106, Fig. 7, and forthcoming Gournia publication). This practice must be
regarded as the continuation of Middle Minoan II technique.
* Mr. Evans notes that this design is analogous to Egyptian Middle Empire decoration.
^ Combinations of the two techniques are known as early as the Middle Minoan II
period. See J. #. 8. 1903, XXIII, p. 177, and PI. VI, 4.