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18 THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF CRETE
1869 in the Actes de la Societe Linneenne de Bordeaux and
were combined in the latter year with a few additions into the
two volumes of his Description Physique de Vlsle de Crete
(Bertrand, Paris). Archaeological topics, except for obiter
dicta and items in a most useful bibliography, are excluded,
and he has not the interest in the problems and life of Crete
which Pashley and Spratt display, but his book will remain
a permanent and authoritative account of the physical features
of the island. His map is based on that of Spratt with a
few minor corrections of detail and a different method of
orthography.
Captain A. Trevor-Battye was Raulin's only modern
successor. His book, Camping in Crete, 1913, contains useful
information on plants, animals and birds, and its value is
increased by Miss Bate's chapter on the remains of early
animal life, such as the pygmy hippopotamus found in the caves
of the island.
In the year in which Spratt began his work in Crete A. J.
Evans was born. After a youth filled with experience enough
to last an ordinary man a lifetime he first visited Crete in
1893 in search of sealstones and the prehistoric script which
they revealed. His travels in Crete continued at intervals
until in 1900 the improvement in political conditions enabled
him to begin what has proved to be his life's work—the exca-
vation of Knossos and the revelation of the Minoan civilization.
A new world was opened to the archaeologist and historian.
His topographical researches which began with the discovery
of most of the important sites in East and Central Crete (for
which the excavators of these sites have not always given him
credit) have continued down to 1924, when, at the age of 72,
he traced the course of the Minoan roads from the North to
the South coasts. The published results of his work are too
numerous to mention here. They are to be found in the
Bibliography.
Dr. Federigo Halbherr was also one of the pioneers of
archaeology in the island. His many discoveries in Central
and Eastern Crete appeared both in the Antiquary and in the
American Journal of Archaeology. The coal-black arab mare
on which he would gallop over the mountains has become a
legend. His compatriots Mariani, Savignoni and Taramelli
also did good topographical work, published in the Monumenti
Antichi.
The late R. B. Seager, excavator of Mokhlos and Pseira,
1869 in the Actes de la Societe Linneenne de Bordeaux and
were combined in the latter year with a few additions into the
two volumes of his Description Physique de Vlsle de Crete
(Bertrand, Paris). Archaeological topics, except for obiter
dicta and items in a most useful bibliography, are excluded,
and he has not the interest in the problems and life of Crete
which Pashley and Spratt display, but his book will remain
a permanent and authoritative account of the physical features
of the island. His map is based on that of Spratt with a
few minor corrections of detail and a different method of
orthography.
Captain A. Trevor-Battye was Raulin's only modern
successor. His book, Camping in Crete, 1913, contains useful
information on plants, animals and birds, and its value is
increased by Miss Bate's chapter on the remains of early
animal life, such as the pygmy hippopotamus found in the caves
of the island.
In the year in which Spratt began his work in Crete A. J.
Evans was born. After a youth filled with experience enough
to last an ordinary man a lifetime he first visited Crete in
1893 in search of sealstones and the prehistoric script which
they revealed. His travels in Crete continued at intervals
until in 1900 the improvement in political conditions enabled
him to begin what has proved to be his life's work—the exca-
vation of Knossos and the revelation of the Minoan civilization.
A new world was opened to the archaeologist and historian.
His topographical researches which began with the discovery
of most of the important sites in East and Central Crete (for
which the excavators of these sites have not always given him
credit) have continued down to 1924, when, at the age of 72,
he traced the course of the Minoan roads from the North to
the South coasts. The published results of his work are too
numerous to mention here. They are to be found in the
Bibliography.
Dr. Federigo Halbherr was also one of the pioneers of
archaeology in the island. His many discoveries in Central
and Eastern Crete appeared both in the Antiquary and in the
American Journal of Archaeology. The coal-black arab mare
on which he would gallop over the mountains has become a
legend. His compatriots Mariani, Savignoni and Taramelli
also did good topographical work, published in the Monumenti
Antichi.
The late R. B. Seager, excavator of Mokhlos and Pseira,