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³ We are grateful to the Greek Archaeological Service and to Dr. S. Alexiou for facilitating the excavations, and to Dr. C. Davaras for his willing help and co-operation. Dr. I. Sakellarakis, who discovered the looted tomb in 1965, provided much useful information during discussions with him in 1972.

For financial assistance we are very grateful to the University of Bristol and the Expeditions Committee of the University. In particular, we are pleased to record the encouragement of the Vice-Chancellor, Dr. A. Merrison; of our head of Department, Professor J. M. Cook; and of Professor Peel and Mr. D. Ingle Smith of the Geography Department. We are also grateful to the British Academy, the University of Oxford, and the British School of Archaeology at Athens, for further financial assistance. The British School must also be thanked for supporting our application for a permit, for providing our staff with accommodation before and after the dig, and for generally assisting the organization of the expedition. Special thanks must go to Dr. H. Catling and Professor P. Warren in this respect, and to Andones Zidhianakes for considerable help in obtaining supplies in Iraklion. For the party's accommodation at Kaloi Limenes we are very much indebted to Mr. J. Vardiniyiannis.

The excavation was directed by David Blackman and Keith Branigan, with the assistance of three site supervisors: Miss P. Greenwood, Miss. P. Williams, and Mr. A. Freedman, all of the Department of Classics, University of Bristol. Miss R. Haigh also assisted on the site, and was responsible for the washing and preliminary sorting of the pottery excavated in October, 1971. Zacharias Spyridakis, Chief Guard at Phaistos, organized the workmen and assisted in many ways. We should also like to record the generosity of the University of Sheffield in providing a grant to cover the expenses of a draughtsman, and our thanks are due to Mr. G. Canvin for preparing the illustrations for publication.

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⁴⁷ Dr. Peacock and Professor Renfrew have recently begun a programme of analyses on prehistoric Aegean pottery.

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