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CHAPTER III.
Puzzling transitions from the " Stone Age " to a higher civilization —
The stone age reappears in force, mixed with pottery of fine work-
manship, and the whorls in great number — Conjectures as to their
uses : probably Ex votos —■ Priapi of stone and terra-cotta : their
worship brought by the primitive Aryans from Bactria — Vessels
with the owl's face —Boars' tusks—Varied implements and weapons
of stone — Hand mill-stones — Models of canoes in terra-cotta —
Whetstones — The one object of the excavations, to find Troy.
On the Hill of Hissarlik, November 3rd, 1871.
Mr last communication was dated the 26th of October,
and since then I have proceeded vigorously with 80 work-
men on an average. Unfortunately, however, I have lost
three days; for on Sunday, a day on which the Greeks do
not work, I could not secure the services of any Turkish
workmen, for they are now sowing their crops; on two other
days I was hindered by heavy rains.
To my extreme surprise, on Monday, the 30th of last
month, I suddenly came upon a mass of dibris, in which I
found an immense quantity of implements made of hard
black stone (diorite), but of a very primitive form. On the
following day, however, not a single stone implement was
found, but a small piece of silver wire and a great deal of
broken pottery of elegant workmanship, among others the
fragment of a cup with an owl's head. I therefore thought
I had again come upon the remains of a civilized people,
and that the stone implements of the previous day were the
remains of an invasion of a barbarous tribe, whose dominion
had been of but short duration. But I was mistaken, for
on the Wednesday the stone period reappeared in even
CHAPTER III.
Puzzling transitions from the " Stone Age " to a higher civilization —
The stone age reappears in force, mixed with pottery of fine work-
manship, and the whorls in great number — Conjectures as to their
uses : probably Ex votos —■ Priapi of stone and terra-cotta : their
worship brought by the primitive Aryans from Bactria — Vessels
with the owl's face —Boars' tusks—Varied implements and weapons
of stone — Hand mill-stones — Models of canoes in terra-cotta —
Whetstones — The one object of the excavations, to find Troy.
On the Hill of Hissarlik, November 3rd, 1871.
Mr last communication was dated the 26th of October,
and since then I have proceeded vigorously with 80 work-
men on an average. Unfortunately, however, I have lost
three days; for on Sunday, a day on which the Greeks do
not work, I could not secure the services of any Turkish
workmen, for they are now sowing their crops; on two other
days I was hindered by heavy rains.
To my extreme surprise, on Monday, the 30th of last
month, I suddenly came upon a mass of dibris, in which I
found an immense quantity of implements made of hard
black stone (diorite), but of a very primitive form. On the
following day, however, not a single stone implement was
found, but a small piece of silver wire and a great deal of
broken pottery of elegant workmanship, among others the
fragment of a cup with an owl's head. I therefore thought
I had again come upon the remains of a civilized people,
and that the stone implements of the previous day were the
remains of an invasion of a barbarous tribe, whose dominion
had been of but short duration. But I was mistaken, for
on the Wednesday the stone period reappeared in even