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ioo THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF CRETE
brushing up fallen ashes. Demargne 1 inclines strongly to this
view and compares it to the fixed hearths found in some of the
M.M.ia houses at Mallia. A big tray in thick red clay with
horizontal handles and distinct traces of carbonization was
found in the house and the diameter exactly fits the hollow.
Owing to the fact that both the houses were razed to the
ground and had their cellars filled in when the West Court was
extended in M.M.ii, the plans are not very helpful, but a maga-
zine with deep bays like the Monolithic Pillar basement and a
possible light well between the westernmost house and the
enceinte wall can be distinguished.
The construction throughout is of small rough stones bonded
by clay. Traces of bricks, originally unbaked but burnt red
KHAMAIZI - M.M.I
Fig. 14
by some fire, were discovered, as in the South-East quarter of
the Palace at Mallia. The good red plaster reminds one some-
what of the early Vasilike houses, and traces of the same plaster,
evidently from an upper floor, were found at various levels
above the magazine.
Slightly later in M.M.i comes the unique oval house at
Khamaizi (Fig. 14). Mackenzie has clearly demonstrated that
its shape is fortuitous, determined by the lie of the ground,
rather than a regular form or an introduction from elsewhere.2
He has pointed out that it is in essentials a rectangular plan
modified to fit an oval perimeter.3 Its plan is interesting in
that it is built, like the palaces, round a central open court or
light well. In this it contrasts not only with the houses of
1 B.C.H., XXXII, 87, but at Khamaizi there was a movable one.
2 B.S.A., XIV, 415 ff. 3 Ibid., Figs. 20 and 21.
brushing up fallen ashes. Demargne 1 inclines strongly to this
view and compares it to the fixed hearths found in some of the
M.M.ia houses at Mallia. A big tray in thick red clay with
horizontal handles and distinct traces of carbonization was
found in the house and the diameter exactly fits the hollow.
Owing to the fact that both the houses were razed to the
ground and had their cellars filled in when the West Court was
extended in M.M.ii, the plans are not very helpful, but a maga-
zine with deep bays like the Monolithic Pillar basement and a
possible light well between the westernmost house and the
enceinte wall can be distinguished.
The construction throughout is of small rough stones bonded
by clay. Traces of bricks, originally unbaked but burnt red
KHAMAIZI - M.M.I
Fig. 14
by some fire, were discovered, as in the South-East quarter of
the Palace at Mallia. The good red plaster reminds one some-
what of the early Vasilike houses, and traces of the same plaster,
evidently from an upper floor, were found at various levels
above the magazine.
Slightly later in M.M.i comes the unique oval house at
Khamaizi (Fig. 14). Mackenzie has clearly demonstrated that
its shape is fortuitous, determined by the lie of the ground,
rather than a regular form or an introduction from elsewhere.2
He has pointed out that it is in essentials a rectangular plan
modified to fit an oval perimeter.3 Its plan is interesting in
that it is built, like the palaces, round a central open court or
light well. In this it contrasts not only with the houses of
1 B.C.H., XXXII, 87, but at Khamaizi there was a movable one.
2 B.S.A., XIV, 415 ff. 3 Ibid., Figs. 20 and 21.