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{{Short description|Ancient Minoan settlement on Crete}}
'''Troullos''', also known as '''Trullos''', is the archaeological site of an ancient [[Minoan civilization|Minoan]] settlement on [[Crete]]. The Troullos site is the easternmost section of the ancient settlement at [[Archanes]].

==Archaeology==
Trullos was first excavated by [[Sir Arthur Evans]], later by [[Spyridon Marinatos]] and most recently by J. and E. [[Sakellarakis]]. The site was in use from [[Minoan pottery|Middle Minoan II]] until [[Minoan pottery|late Minoan I]].

===Architecture===
* Paved courtyards
* [[Minoan pottery|Middle Minoan II]], [[Minoan pottery|Middle Minoan III]] and [[Minoan pottery|Late Minoan I]] multiple-storeyed buildings
* [[Minoan pottery|Late Minoan I]] house, including a [[light-well]]
* Clay-brick partition walls (building internals)
* [[Ashlar]] walls (building internals)
* [[Wall-paintings]] on [[plaster]]

===Artifacts===
Among the movable artifacts at Troullos:
* Polychrome [[Minoan pottery|Kamares ware]]
* [[Terracotta]] figurines
* Tripod offering tables
* Beak-spouted jugs
* The Archanes Ladle, a translucent alabaster ladle with [[Linear A]] inscriptions labelled TLZa1 by Godart and Olivier - discovered by [[Sir Arthur Evans|Evans]] and believed to be from within [[Minoan pottery|Middle Minoan III]]-[[Minoan pottery|Late Minoan IA]] (A stunning photograph of this piece is available in Sakellarakis' guidebook to Archanes)
* Marble pestles
* Ritual [[steatite]] axe
* Stone bird's nest vases
* [[Porphyrite]] conical [[rhyton]]
* Two bull's head [[rhyton]]s

==References==
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==Further reading==
* [[Sakellarakis]], J. and E. 1991 ''Crete Archanes'' {{ISBN|960-213-234-5}} (guidebook)

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[[Category:Heraklion (regional unit)]]
[[Category:Minoan sites in Crete]]
[[Category:Populated places in ancient Greece]]
[[Category:Former populated places in Greece]]
[[Category:Knossos]]

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