Yule, Paul: Early Cretan seals: a study of chronology (Marburger Studien zur Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Bd. 4) (Mainz, 1981)

Motif 57: Miscellaneous Motifs 172

58: Pictorialized and Abstracted Motifs 172

CHAPTER 5 - DECORATIVE SYNTAX 185

CHAPTER 6 - MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES OF MANUFACTURE

A Materials 192

B Techniques 200

CHAPTER 7 - STYLE-GROUPS

Introduction 206

Group 1: Chip-Cut/Small Plate Signet Group (EM I? -II) 207

2: Floating Figures Group (EM II-III) 208

3: Quatrefoil Group (EM II-MM IA) 208

4: Parading Lions/Spiral Complex (EM III-MM IA) 208

5; Border/Leaf Complex (EM III-MM IA [-?]) 209

6: Platanos Goat Complex (MM IA-IB) 211

7: Ladder and Spiral Group (MM IA-IB) 211

8A: Malia Workshop Complex (MM IB-II) 212

8B: Malia Workshop Subgroup (MM IB-II) 213

9: Petaloid/Star Group (MM IB-II) 214

10: Hieroglyphic Deposit Group (MM II [-? ]) 215

11: Drilled Lions Group (MM II [-III? ]) 219

12A-. Classical Tectonic Group (MM II-III) 220

12B: Common Tectonic Group (MM II-III) 220

13: Temple Repository Mannerist Group (MM IIIB) 221

CHAPTER 8 - CONCLUSIONS

Linear Development 226

Influence of the Palaces on the Development 227

Summary 229

APPENDIX A - Alphabetical List of Contexts 235

B - Concordance of Seals not Published in Major Catalogues 237

C - Overview of Old Palatial Chronologies 240

INDEX 241

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 242

PLATES 1-32: Motifs

33: Overview of Syntactic Schemes and Principles
34: Comparison of Glyptic and Ceramic Motifs
35: Overview of the Chronology of Shapes
36: Chronological Overview of Style-groups
37-41: Photographs of Style-groups