My thanks are due to Dr. H. Catling, Director of the British School at Athens, for taking time to read this paper and offer criticism, to my friends John and Debbie Kazazis, David Jordan, and Yannos Lolos for useful comments.

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Est. D. = Estimated Diameter

D. = Diameter

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