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THE LATE MINOAN PERIOD
237
GOURNAIS
HERAKLEION .
SOUTH CRETE
LOUTRAKI .
Tombs . . A few sherds from chamber
tombs with larnax burials.
Hazzidakis, 'Ao/_. Ae/.r., Ill,
62 ff.
(b) Surface Finds
Tombs . . By small stream just E. of
Candia. Evans, P. of M.,
II, 229.
(b) Surface Finds
Sherds found on the summit of Kandiliero
to the E., by writer, 1935.
EAST CRETE
PALAIKASTRO
PLAKA .
PSEIRA
ZAKROS
TOURLOTI .
(a) Excavated Sites
Town . . A few deposits. B.S.A., Sup.,
21 ff., and passim.
Tomb . . ? remains of built tomb below
larnax burial. B.S.A., XI,
273-
Cave burial Larnax burial. Dawkins,
B.S.A., XII, 2.
Town . . A few imported vases found in
L.M.i strata. Seager,
Pseira, 26.
Town . . A few imported sherds. B.M.
Cat., I, 116.
(b) Surface Finds
Pithos fragments from Kastellos, seen by
R. W. Hutchinson, 1936.
2. LATE MINOAN III (L.M.IIl)
(See Map 12)
The disaster at the end of the previous period had broken
the spirit of the Minoans. Some sites such as Pseira, Mokhlos,
and Nirou Khani remained deserted. Other sites are re-
occupied but on a much smaller scale. With the destruction
of the great centres and palaces the concentration of power
ceased. Perhaps the ruling caste was wiped out. At all
events the map clearly shows the tendency for the population
to scatter. Particularly noteworthy is the extension of habita-
tion in the West. Thrown back on to their own resources,
237
GOURNAIS
HERAKLEION .
SOUTH CRETE
LOUTRAKI .
Tombs . . A few sherds from chamber
tombs with larnax burials.
Hazzidakis, 'Ao/_. Ae/.r., Ill,
62 ff.
(b) Surface Finds
Tombs . . By small stream just E. of
Candia. Evans, P. of M.,
II, 229.
(b) Surface Finds
Sherds found on the summit of Kandiliero
to the E., by writer, 1935.
EAST CRETE
PALAIKASTRO
PLAKA .
PSEIRA
ZAKROS
TOURLOTI .
(a) Excavated Sites
Town . . A few deposits. B.S.A., Sup.,
21 ff., and passim.
Tomb . . ? remains of built tomb below
larnax burial. B.S.A., XI,
273-
Cave burial Larnax burial. Dawkins,
B.S.A., XII, 2.
Town . . A few imported vases found in
L.M.i strata. Seager,
Pseira, 26.
Town . . A few imported sherds. B.M.
Cat., I, 116.
(b) Surface Finds
Pithos fragments from Kastellos, seen by
R. W. Hutchinson, 1936.
2. LATE MINOAN III (L.M.IIl)
(See Map 12)
The disaster at the end of the previous period had broken
the spirit of the Minoans. Some sites such as Pseira, Mokhlos,
and Nirou Khani remained deserted. Other sites are re-
occupied but on a much smaller scale. With the destruction
of the great centres and palaces the concentration of power
ceased. Perhaps the ruling caste was wiped out. At all
events the map clearly shows the tendency for the population
to scatter. Particularly noteworthy is the extension of habita-
tion in the West. Thrown back on to their own resources,