Atkinson, Thomas [Contr.]: Excavations at Phylakopi in Melos (London, 1904)

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which the quoins äre particularly massive.1 Later work is not quite so
good. For instance, the small offset I. A 5: e, which is carefully worked in the
lower part of the wall, built in the second period, has been shirked by the
later builders (Fig. 58, Section on line NO). The general character of the
masonry as a whole is inferior.

The eastern part of tlie wall scarcely shows above ground. Its line has
been traced but the excavations are too incomplete in this region to reveal
fully the character of the work. The reniains look like a series of retaining
walls, but these are probably only foundations.

55 5.—The First Period. (PLATE I.)

Extcnt ofthe Town.—Buildings of the earliest period are scattered over the
whole area. How closely they were originally placed—whether or not

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Fig. 21.—Remains of Period L

they were crowded together as in the two succeeding periods—does not
appear, but, now at least, comparatively wide intervals occur betweeu the
remains.

1 Two of these quoins measure respectively 5' 6" x 2' 6" x 1' 6" and i' 6" x 2' 2" x 2' 5".

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