Gournia
Americannoun
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One of the characteristic features of the period is the fact that the stirrup-vase, found at Hagia Triada and Gournia in Late Minoan I., but almost totally wanting in Late Minoan II., now becomes common.
From The Sea-Kings of Crete by James Baikie
Miss Boyd's remarkable excavations at Gournia, Crete, were in connection with the Archaeological Institute of America, and the University of Pennsylvania.
From Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission by Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission
The Gournia shrine, situated in the centre of the town, is about twelve feet square, and its discoverer believes that the walls of the sacred enclosure may never have stood more than eighteen inches high.
From The Sea-Kings of Crete by James Baikie
Its existing remains are of somewhat later date than those of Gournia, and the houses are, on the whole, rather larger, but their general style is much the same.
From The Sea-Kings of Crete by James Baikie
Gournia and Palaikastro fulfilled both these ends: Zakro must have had mainly a commercial purpose, as the starting-point for the African coast.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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