The ‘Magasins Dessenne’ at Malia (Crete) Reconsidered
(2014) Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Archaeology — Location: Chicago (2.January.2014)
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Devolder, Maud 
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- During cleaning operations of the southern limits of the West Court of the Palace at Malia in 1960, the north-eastern corner of a large, well-built Protopalatial complex was discovered and subsequently cleared by André Dessenne. Destroyed by a violent fire during the MM IIB period, the building surprised by the presence of a regular plan, pillars, plastered rooms, a large number of pithoi and ashlar walls. The premature death of the excavator, however, prevented a fuller exploration of this complex, henceforth called ‘Magasins Dessenne’. Moreover, the discovery, a few years later, of the similarly dated but even better preserved Quartier Mu, resulted in the almost oblivion of the Dessenne Storage Building apart from some studies which discussed its potential organization. Since 2012, the French School at Athens has been reinvestigating the building. A detailed architectural study now allows the recognition of a new architectural sequence and a better understanding of the functional organization of the complex, implying e.g. the rather late transformation of part of the rooms in storage areas. The paper proposes to discuss these changes and to reassess the role and importance of the complex within the Protopalatial urban landscape of Malia.
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Devolder, M. (2014). The ‘Magasins Dessenne’ at Malia (Crete) Reconsidered. Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Archaeology, Chicago. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/48852