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eastern sites, perhaps of a piratical nature, the treatment had
had to be repeated. But this is pure conjecture.
L.M.m The larnax burial is now the regular method of interment,

Tombs and except for a single group at Alissa Langadhi near Gournia

the pithos burial has died out. The old rock shelter has now
developed into a well-cut chamber tomb (Fig. 41). At Zapher
Papoura both the shaft grave and the pit cave continue in
use (Fig. 42) as well.

The built tomb is still found and we can see the gradual
infiltration of Mainland types in the development from the

rectangular tomb, barrel-vaulted, keel-
vaulted or with a flat top, to the true
tholos. Earliest must be put the
tomb at Dhamania. This has a
square chamber, the corbelling
beginning about a metre from the
floor and the top of the vault being
nearly 3 metres high. The dromos is
divided by a door into two parts, the
outer half being lined with small
stones, the inner half with larger.
This practice of lining the dromos as
well as the relieving triangle which
occurs both over the door in the
middle of the dromos and over that
into the tomb are new features for
whose origin we must look to the
Mainland.

Next comes the tomb at Praisos,
which is 2$ metres square with an
unlined dromos. About 1.20 metres up begins a circular
vault formed of overlapping stones, which probably ran
up to something over 2 metres. Of exactly the same type
is the tomb at Malemo, West of Khania.1 It is larger than
that at Praisos, being 5 metres square. The vault begins at
1.75 metres and the total height is nearly 5 metres. The door-
way is fortunately preserved and shows a relieving triangle
above the heavy lintel. Somewhat later are the tombs at
Mouliana.

This type of tomb, square with a circular vault above, con-

SHAFT GRAVE;
ZAPHER PAPOURA ;LMJ

1 Since I could find no sherds here I have included it in the catalogue
(p. 293, below) of L.M. sites in general.