A new Middle Minoan IIIA ceremonial building and the so-called 'new era' at Phaistos

order of importance. The two co-authors have contributed equally to this paper, which is the result of scientif ic collaboration and human fellowship lasting over thirty years. 1 Festos CM I, 337–48. The word ‘Bastione’ had been formerly used by Levi to indicate, using a conventional expression, the terracing walls that bordered Lower Court LXX (ibid. 151 ff. and 160 ff.). 2 Festos CM I, pl. LXXVIII; see also FIG. 7.23 b in Karetsou 2013 (this volume Chapter 7). 3 Carinci and La Rosa 2007, 46–88. 4 Carinci and La Rosa 2009, 147–200. 5 Carinci and La Rosa 2007. 6 Festos CM I, 346; La Rosa 2002c, 33–8. 7 Carinci and La Rosa 2009, 207–22. 8 Carinci and La Rosa 2009, 227–38, fig. 96. 9 A new Middle Minoan IIIA ceremonial building and the so-called ‘New Era’ at Phaistos∗