On Crete this is a period of development and transformation in figurines, under the influence of Knossian workshops. Since the previous period, Mesara workshops were making some figurines partly on the wheel, with a cylindrical lower part. It is this type of construction that becomes widespread after 1450 bc, at the expense of the naturalistic-type figurines (Rethemiotakis 2001, 10–18). If some still keep a stepped lower body, a simplified representation of a flounced skirt (AE2, fig. 148; Popham 1984, pl. 191a), most now have a strictly cylindrical base; torso and face are highly stylised, except with some rare exceptions like a head from Psychro with eyes carefully outlined (Rethemiotakis 2001, fig. 21). These figurines are made from separate parts, inserted one into the other or joined (skirt, torso, face, limbs). The torso is still solid, at least on the biggest ones.