ABSTRACT
IN the preceding chapter the evolution of some early types of settlement in north-western Europe has been considered. But it must be remembered that civilization began in Europe, in all probability, in the island of Crete, where the archaeology of Cnossus has been investigated by Evans and others. Settlements by traders of this Cretan or Mykenean culture
are to be found all round the eastern and central Mediterranean; as at Troy (near the Dardanelles), and Tiryns and Mykenae near Argos, and perhaps among the Etruscans in western Italy (Fig. 45). Most of these sites have been visited by the writer, but perhaps before discussing Mykenean settlements some mention may be made of the relics which have been discovered recently in the island of Malta, which recall settlements already described in the British Isles.
