DAL ‘VASSOIO TRIPODATO’ AL KERNOS: UN SET DI CERAMICHE DA HAGHIA TRIADA E IL SUO CONTRIBUTO ALLA CONOSCENZA DEL RITUALE MINOICO

Abstract

In 1985, during stratigraphical soundings carried out by V. La Rosa in the north sector
of the Haghia Triada settlement, remains of a house destroyed by fire at the beginning
of LM IA were brought to light under the floor of room c of the LM IIIA monumental Edificio
Ovest. The best preserved sector of the LM IA house was a small rectangular room named
c/2, partially covered by the later structures and 1.65 m in width on its east-west axis in its
better preserved southern part. In its southeast corner, 21 vases and 8 stone tools were found
around and upon a large high slab (0.30 ✕ 0.25 m) placed on the floor, while the deep destruction
layer of the house also yielded four loom weights and fragments of two potter’s wheels.