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no special comment except perhaps b and g, which are miniature
examples of a type of painted jug very typical of this period.
Both these painted patterns, the "plume" decoration and the
circular patches of dark paint connected by slanting lines were
thought by Mrs. Hawes to be characteristic of Middle Minoan

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FlG. 30.—Middle Minoan I Jugs. Scale 1: 4.

Ill ceramic art.1 Subsequent excavations at Vasiliki revealed
some specimens with this decoration in Middle Minoan I
deposits2 and later discoveries on Pseira3 definitely established
the fact that vases with these two types of decoration belonged
not to the Middle Minoan III but to the Middle Minoan I
period.

THE PITHOS-BURIALS
A glance at the plan will show over how wide an area the
pithos-burials extended. The circles indicate, however, only

1 See Gournia, pp. 38 and 60, and Pis. D and VI, 29 and 42.

2 See Transactions, Vol. II, Part II, p. 128.

•See Pseira, Anthropological Publications of the Univ. of Penna., Ill, No. I, p. 19.