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Knossos 1955–1957: Early Prepalatial Deposits from Platon's Tests in the Palace1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 June 2011

David E. Wilson
David E. Wilson
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University of Western Ontario
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Abstract

This article presents a selection of early Prepalatial pottery and a clay sealing found in tests made by Nikolaos Platon between 1955 and 1957 during a programme of conservation and restoration work in the palace. The pottery not only adds to the ceramic characterization of the Early Minoan I-Early Minoan IIB phases at Knossos, but also provides new information about the extent and scale of use of the early Prepalatial settlement. In addition, ceramic imports identified in the Early Minoan II deposits add to the growing evidence for inter-regional contacts both with the rest of Crete (including the Mesara and Gulf of Mirabello) and the Cyclades. The clay sealing, from an Early Minoan IIB context, is among the earliest yet found on Crete. Altogether these tests provide valuable new evidence for the early history of Prepalatial Knossos.

Το άρθρο αυτό παρουσιάςει ένα μέρος της πρώιμης προανακτορικής κεραμεικής και ένα πήλινο σφράγισμα από τις δοκιμαστικές τομές του Νικόλαου Πλάτωνα μεταξύ 1955 και 1957 κατά τη διάρκεια ενός προγράμματος συντήρησης και αναστήλωσης στο ανάκτορο της Κνωσού. Το υλικό αυτό συμβάλλει στην περιγραφή των διακριτικών γνωρισμάτων της κεραμεικής από την Πρωτομινωική Ι έως και την Πρωτομινωικη ΙΙΒ φάση στην Κνωσό και δίνει νέες πληροφορίες αναφορικά με την έκταση και το βαθμό χρήσης του πρώιμου προανα-κτορικού οικισμού. Επιπλεον, η αναγνώριση εισηγμένης κεραμεικής στους αποθέτες της Πρωτομινωικής Π προσθέτει περαιτέρω στοιχεία για υπερ-τοπικές επαφές της Κνωσού τόσο με την υπόλοιπη Κρήτη (συμπερι-λαμβανομένης της Μεσαράς και του Κόλπου του Μιραμπέλλου) όσο και με τις Κυκλάδες. Το πήλινο σφράγισμα, από ένα Πρωτομινωνικό ΙΙΒ ανασκαφικό σύνολο, συγκαταλλέγεται ανάμεσα στα πρωιμότερα που έχουν βρεθεί μέχρι σήμερα στην Κρήτη. Συνολνκά αυτές οι δοκιμαστικές τομές παρέχουν πολύτιμα νέα στονχεία για την πρώιμη ιστορία της προανακτορικής Κνωσού.

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Annual of the British School at Athens , Volume 105 , November 2010 , pp. 97 - 155
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Copyright © The Council, British School at Athens 2010

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