The Palace of Minos : A Comparative Account of the Successive Stages of the Early Cretan Civilization as Illustrated by the Discoveries at Knossos (Paperback)

Introduction; 1. The Neolithic stage in Crete; Part I. The Early Minoan Age: 2. Early Minoan I; 3. Early Minoan II; 4. Early Minoan III; Part II. The First Middle Minoan Period (M.M.I): 5. Foundation of Knossian palace; 6. The peak sanctuary of Knossos and the 'tomb of Zeus'; 7. Ceramic phases; 8. Metal-work, seals, and foreign relations; Part III. The Second Middle Minoan Period (M.M.II): 9. Consolidation of Knossian palace; 10. Drainage and sanitary system; 11. Royal pottery stores; acme of polychrome fabrics; 12. The loom-weight deposit; 13. The hieroglyphic deposit; 14. Egyptian monument and relations; 15. The town mosaic; Part IV. The Third Middle Minoan Period (M.M.III): 16. The beginning of a new era; 17. The domestic quarter; 18. North-east borders and basements of M.M.III East Hall; 19. North quarter and entrance; 20. North-west bailey and lustral area; 21. West palace region, and double axe cult; 22. Floor-cists or 'kaselles' of western palace region; 23. The temple repositories and royal draught-board; 24. Knossian faience - the beads; 25. The snake goddess and relics of her shrine; 26. Minoan fresco; 27. The palace pottery stores; 28. Survivals of ceramic polychromy and rise of naturalism; 29. The Linear Script A and its sacral usage; 30. The Phaestos disk in its Minoan relations; 31. Seal types and their relations with greater art; 32. Winged creations and the 'flying gallop'.