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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF CRETE
LlTHiNAis . . . Stamped pithos in the Candia Museum, Cata-
logue, 1578. Bosanquet saw vases and terra-
cottas from a knoll to the S. of the road.
malla .... Daedalic statue from Patela, in the Candia
Museum, Catalogue 245. Pernier, Ann-
uario, II, 312.
sitia.....Terracotta figurine. Mariani, Mon. Ant., VI,
175. XXVIth-Dynasty shawabti, seen by
the writer.
TOPLOU .... Traces of archaic burials, seen by Emm.
Akoumianos, 1936.
TOURTOULLOi . . Hydria in the Candia Museum, Catalogue,
7417-
IV. THE CLASSICAL PERIOD
(See Map 20)
In the fifth and fourth centuries a further drift westwards is
noticeable and practically every city of importance has been
founded. Most of the sites of the previous period are still
inhabited and the type of site favoured remains the same, that
is to say, a city centring round a strong acropolis. A few new
features are noteworthy. At Kastri South of Phalasarna and
Kastri East of Milatos are small, well-built structures which
may be forts or watch-towers, like the towers of Siphnos,
Amorgos and other islands, but which may equally well have
been lighthouses marking the most dangerous headlands near
the big harbour towns. The same may be true of the tower
at Minoa, which, together with Aptera, marked the entrance to
Soudha Bay, the finest harbour in Crete. Some regularization
of roads, at any rate in the West of the island, is to be deduced
from the bridges at Eleutherna and Philippos. The former
might be considered merely as of local importance, since they
directly served the city, but the latter is a far cry from a site,
though it is on the regular route eastwards from Kydonia and
Aptera. The number of coastal towns has increased and we
should probably add Ampelos, Lebena, Metallon, Soulia, and
Herakleion, and consider that the classical remains are buried
beneath those of later date. At all events it is significant that
Lissos, Tarrha, and Lyttos are all important enough to strike
coins of this date, though no remains are visible on the surface.
It is, however, improbable that much building was done.
Apart from fortification-walls no structure of importance sur-
vives. Indeed, it would seem that in almost every case the
LlTHiNAis . . . Stamped pithos in the Candia Museum, Cata-
logue, 1578. Bosanquet saw vases and terra-
cottas from a knoll to the S. of the road.
malla .... Daedalic statue from Patela, in the Candia
Museum, Catalogue 245. Pernier, Ann-
uario, II, 312.
sitia.....Terracotta figurine. Mariani, Mon. Ant., VI,
175. XXVIth-Dynasty shawabti, seen by
the writer.
TOPLOU .... Traces of archaic burials, seen by Emm.
Akoumianos, 1936.
TOURTOULLOi . . Hydria in the Candia Museum, Catalogue,
7417-
IV. THE CLASSICAL PERIOD
(See Map 20)
In the fifth and fourth centuries a further drift westwards is
noticeable and practically every city of importance has been
founded. Most of the sites of the previous period are still
inhabited and the type of site favoured remains the same, that
is to say, a city centring round a strong acropolis. A few new
features are noteworthy. At Kastri South of Phalasarna and
Kastri East of Milatos are small, well-built structures which
may be forts or watch-towers, like the towers of Siphnos,
Amorgos and other islands, but which may equally well have
been lighthouses marking the most dangerous headlands near
the big harbour towns. The same may be true of the tower
at Minoa, which, together with Aptera, marked the entrance to
Soudha Bay, the finest harbour in Crete. Some regularization
of roads, at any rate in the West of the island, is to be deduced
from the bridges at Eleutherna and Philippos. The former
might be considered merely as of local importance, since they
directly served the city, but the latter is a far cry from a site,
though it is on the regular route eastwards from Kydonia and
Aptera. The number of coastal towns has increased and we
should probably add Ampelos, Lebena, Metallon, Soulia, and
Herakleion, and consider that the classical remains are buried
beneath those of later date. At all events it is significant that
Lissos, Tarrha, and Lyttos are all important enough to strike
coins of this date, though no remains are visible on the surface.
It is, however, improbable that much building was done.
Apart from fortification-walls no structure of importance sur-
vives. Indeed, it would seem that in almost every case the