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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF CRETE
olous .... Walls. Spratt, 1,134. Sherds seen by writer,
1932.
pseira .... Sherds on S. and E. slopes. No buildings.
Seager mentions a cemetery which he exca-
vated, but it is not clear if it is Greek.
Seager, Pseira, 7.
sitia.....Walls at Kharakia, seen by the writer, 1934.
B.S.A., XXXIII, 97.
trapezous . . . Foundation of walls below Venetian castle.
Mariani, Mon. Ant., VI, 136.
trypetais . . . Walls seen by Evans, Diary, 1898.
V. THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD
(See Maps 21 and 22)
In discussing the distribution of sites during the Hellenistic
Period, i.e. from c. 300 to 67, when the Roman conquest of the
island took place, we must remember that much of the pottery
is practically indistinguishable from Roman wares and that it
is exceedingly difficult to place many of the sites with any cer-
tainty on one side or other of the dividing line. I have there-
fore added a series of ' Greco-Roman ' sites which can be
taken with either period. In most cases they almost certainly
antedate the Roman conquest, but it seems safer where doubt
can arise to segregate them. The term, then,' Greco-Roman '
is not a period but a confession of failure.
In spite of the wars which racked the island, the confusing
changes of sides which remind one of the Wars of the Roses and
the deliberate destruction of cities such as Lyttos, the popula-
tion as a whole has increased, and more open sites are being
chosen. Polybios, however, makes gloomy reading for this
period.
Hellenistic Of public buildings most traces have been swamped by the
Architecture ]&ier Roman work. At Gortyna a pronaos was added on to the
simple archaic cella and it is interesting to see that even at this
date the columns of the facade are still divided into two groups
by a wider central intercolumniation.
A very fine building was excavated on the slopes of the First
Acropolis at Praisos (Fig. 53). Whether it was the residence of
a rich man or a public guest-house is uncertain. The outer
walls are of well-cut masonry built in uneven courses. The
joints are very finely fitted though lime mortar has been used.
The inner walls are of rubble and do not bond. Traces of
cobble paving remained in parts but the usual flooring was the
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF CRETE
olous .... Walls. Spratt, 1,134. Sherds seen by writer,
1932.
pseira .... Sherds on S. and E. slopes. No buildings.
Seager mentions a cemetery which he exca-
vated, but it is not clear if it is Greek.
Seager, Pseira, 7.
sitia.....Walls at Kharakia, seen by the writer, 1934.
B.S.A., XXXIII, 97.
trapezous . . . Foundation of walls below Venetian castle.
Mariani, Mon. Ant., VI, 136.
trypetais . . . Walls seen by Evans, Diary, 1898.
V. THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD
(See Maps 21 and 22)
In discussing the distribution of sites during the Hellenistic
Period, i.e. from c. 300 to 67, when the Roman conquest of the
island took place, we must remember that much of the pottery
is practically indistinguishable from Roman wares and that it
is exceedingly difficult to place many of the sites with any cer-
tainty on one side or other of the dividing line. I have there-
fore added a series of ' Greco-Roman ' sites which can be
taken with either period. In most cases they almost certainly
antedate the Roman conquest, but it seems safer where doubt
can arise to segregate them. The term, then,' Greco-Roman '
is not a period but a confession of failure.
In spite of the wars which racked the island, the confusing
changes of sides which remind one of the Wars of the Roses and
the deliberate destruction of cities such as Lyttos, the popula-
tion as a whole has increased, and more open sites are being
chosen. Polybios, however, makes gloomy reading for this
period.
Hellenistic Of public buildings most traces have been swamped by the
Architecture ]&ier Roman work. At Gortyna a pronaos was added on to the
simple archaic cella and it is interesting to see that even at this
date the columns of the facade are still divided into two groups
by a wider central intercolumniation.
A very fine building was excavated on the slopes of the First
Acropolis at Praisos (Fig. 53). Whether it was the residence of
a rich man or a public guest-house is uncertain. The outer
walls are of well-cut masonry built in uneven courses. The
joints are very finely fitted though lime mortar has been used.
The inner walls are of rubble and do not bond. Traces of
cobble paving remained in parts but the usual flooring was the