ocr: and also organizing agriculture for Phaistos int the western Mesara. The model ofa capital manifesting control ofi its territory by acquiring and storing agricultural surplus fits what is known of Knossos, Mallia and Phaistos fairly well. The same cannot be said of Zakros. Set in a bowl of mountains on the southeastern coast of the island, Zakros does not have a natural territory in the sense that the other palatial towns do. That Zakros was a port town is clear not only from its location but also from the stores of imported ivory, copper and semiprecious stones found in the palace. - It seems ...
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