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at a depth of 13 feet the beautifully ornamented ivory piece
of another lyre, with seven strings, here shown.
The architecture of this people, as may be seen from
the many house-walls which I have uncovered, was always
of small stones joined with earth. Yet in two places in the
depths of the temple of Athena there is a wall of sun-dried
bricks, which appears to belong to this nation. Their
houses were smaller, and less wood was employed in their
construction than in those of the Trojans; for, although the
ruins of houses lying one upon another show that several
great convulsions have taken place, still we find here far
fewer charred ruins than among those of the preceding
people; nay, these layers of dtbris have in the majority of
cases a grey or black appearance, and they contain millions
of small mussel-shells, bones, fish-bones, and so forth. It
is curious that in these strata certain types of terra-cottas
are only found exactly at the same depth, and that, for
instance, the splendid black cups in the form of an hour-
glass, and with two large handles, are confined to a depth
of 6 meters (nearly 20 feet).
During the first two years of my excavations, at the
depth of from 4 to 7 meters (13 to 23 feet), I found
scarcely any copper, and consequently I believed that the
metal was but rarely, if at all, known to this people. This
year, however, I found a number of copper nails in this
stratum, as well as some knives and battle-axes, together
with moulds of mica-schist for casting them, besides other
weapons and implements.* Yet copper must have been rare
with them; for stone implements, such as knives of silex,
hammers and axes of diorite, and so forth, are found by
thousands.
This people also seem to have disappeared simul-
taneously with the destruction of their town; for not only
do I find, at a depth of from 4 meters up to 2 meters
* These objects resemble those from other strata, engraved in Chapter
IV. and subsequently.
of another lyre, with seven strings, here shown.
The architecture of this people, as may be seen from
the many house-walls which I have uncovered, was always
of small stones joined with earth. Yet in two places in the
depths of the temple of Athena there is a wall of sun-dried
bricks, which appears to belong to this nation. Their
houses were smaller, and less wood was employed in their
construction than in those of the Trojans; for, although the
ruins of houses lying one upon another show that several
great convulsions have taken place, still we find here far
fewer charred ruins than among those of the preceding
people; nay, these layers of dtbris have in the majority of
cases a grey or black appearance, and they contain millions
of small mussel-shells, bones, fish-bones, and so forth. It
is curious that in these strata certain types of terra-cottas
are only found exactly at the same depth, and that, for
instance, the splendid black cups in the form of an hour-
glass, and with two large handles, are confined to a depth
of 6 meters (nearly 20 feet).
During the first two years of my excavations, at the
depth of from 4 to 7 meters (13 to 23 feet), I found
scarcely any copper, and consequently I believed that the
metal was but rarely, if at all, known to this people. This
year, however, I found a number of copper nails in this
stratum, as well as some knives and battle-axes, together
with moulds of mica-schist for casting them, besides other
weapons and implements.* Yet copper must have been rare
with them; for stone implements, such as knives of silex,
hammers and axes of diorite, and so forth, are found by
thousands.
This people also seem to have disappeared simul-
taneously with the destruction of their town; for not only
do I find, at a depth of from 4 meters up to 2 meters
* These objects resemble those from other strata, engraved in Chapter
IV. and subsequently.