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EXPLORATIONS IN MOCHLOS 97
No. 44 (Fig. 48), belonging to this period, is a curious mixture
of the dark-on-light, the mottled and the incised styles; the upright
triangles of dark paint present a mottled surface and are separated
from one another by double rows of dots incised in the clay of the
vase, a reminiscence of the preceding incised wares.
No. 24 (Fig. 48) is the prototype of the straight-sided E. M. Ill
and M. M. I cups. No. 27 is derived from the E. M. I cups, Nos.
36 and 39. No. 28 is also an early shape, more common in stone
than in clay. The goblet type (Figs. 22, 23, No. VI, 11) is of very
early origin and lasted from neolithic times into the E. M. II period.
This specimen is of fine grey clay similar to that used for the incised
sub-neolithic vases of the first part of E. M. II age.
THE E. M. Ill PERIOD
The pottery of the E. M. Ill period, though found in large quan-
tities, was for the most part in a bad state of preservation. Both
the white and the black paint had suffered from the action of the soil
and the examples, as a whole, are inferior to those found on the town
site.
The shapes and designs differ but little from those already known
from the excavations at Vasiliki, Gournia and Pseira. The examples
from the cemetery cover the entire period from its earliest stages
to the beginning of the M. M. I age. At the close of the E. M. Ill
period the vases so closely resemble those of the M. M. I epoch that
it is very difficult to say where one style ends and the other begins;
certain types seem characteristic of both periods.
No. XXI, 5 (Fig. 46), one of the earliest vases of this period, is
very primitive in shape and appearance. It closely resembles, in
form, some of the Trojan vases of the third city.1 The body paint
shows the mottled surface of the E. M. II style but without the usual
polishing. The white geometrical design places it early in the E.
M. HI period.
No. XVI, 8 (Fig. 37) bears a white design very characteristic
of the E. M. Ill age. The shape is not of early origin and is never
found in E. M. II deposits. Among M. M. I vases it is very common
and on the whole must be regarded as a development of the side-
spouted E. M. II jugs, which last into the M. M. I period.
No. IV, 2 (Figs. 18, 19) is a shape unusual in E. M. Ill deposits
and is evidently the prototype of M. M. I cups of similar form. No.
»Ddrpfeld, Troja und Ilion. Vol, I, p. 263, Fig. 132.
No. 44 (Fig. 48), belonging to this period, is a curious mixture
of the dark-on-light, the mottled and the incised styles; the upright
triangles of dark paint present a mottled surface and are separated
from one another by double rows of dots incised in the clay of the
vase, a reminiscence of the preceding incised wares.
No. 24 (Fig. 48) is the prototype of the straight-sided E. M. Ill
and M. M. I cups. No. 27 is derived from the E. M. I cups, Nos.
36 and 39. No. 28 is also an early shape, more common in stone
than in clay. The goblet type (Figs. 22, 23, No. VI, 11) is of very
early origin and lasted from neolithic times into the E. M. II period.
This specimen is of fine grey clay similar to that used for the incised
sub-neolithic vases of the first part of E. M. II age.
THE E. M. Ill PERIOD
The pottery of the E. M. Ill period, though found in large quan-
tities, was for the most part in a bad state of preservation. Both
the white and the black paint had suffered from the action of the soil
and the examples, as a whole, are inferior to those found on the town
site.
The shapes and designs differ but little from those already known
from the excavations at Vasiliki, Gournia and Pseira. The examples
from the cemetery cover the entire period from its earliest stages
to the beginning of the M. M. I age. At the close of the E. M. Ill
period the vases so closely resemble those of the M. M. I epoch that
it is very difficult to say where one style ends and the other begins;
certain types seem characteristic of both periods.
No. XXI, 5 (Fig. 46), one of the earliest vases of this period, is
very primitive in shape and appearance. It closely resembles, in
form, some of the Trojan vases of the third city.1 The body paint
shows the mottled surface of the E. M. II style but without the usual
polishing. The white geometrical design places it early in the E.
M. HI period.
No. XVI, 8 (Fig. 37) bears a white design very characteristic
of the E. M. Ill age. The shape is not of early origin and is never
found in E. M. II deposits. Among M. M. I vases it is very common
and on the whole must be regarded as a development of the side-
spouted E. M. II jugs, which last into the M. M. I period.
No. IV, 2 (Figs. 18, 19) is a shape unusual in E. M. Ill deposits
and is evidently the prototype of M. M. I cups of similar form. No.
»Ddrpfeld, Troja und Ilion. Vol, I, p. 263, Fig. 132.