Schliemann, Heinrich: Troy and its remains: a narrative of researches and discoveries made on the site of Illium, and in the Trojan Plain (London, 1875)

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TROY AND ITS REMAINS.

[Chap. IV.

appeared not only many nails, but also knives, lances, and
battle-axes of copper of such elegant workmanship that
they can have been made only by a civilized people.

No. 45. Copper Implements and Weapons from the Trojan stratum (8 M.).
a, Axe of an unusua! form ; b, c, Battle-Axes of the common form ; d, e, g, Knives ; f, a Nail.*

Hence I must not only recal my conjecture that I had
reached the stone period, but I cannot even admit that I
have reached the bronze period, for the implements and
weapons which I find are too well
finished. I must, moreover, draw at-
tention to the fact, that the deeper I
dig, from 7 meters (23 feet) down-
wards, the greater are the indications
of a higher civilization. At a depth
of from 4 to 7 meters (13 to 23 feet)
the stone implements and weapons
were of a coarse description ; the knives
were of flint, generally in the form or
small saws, and rarely in that of a
blade; but there were a very great number of sharp pieces
of silex, which must likewise have served as knives. Since

No. 46. A Mould of Mica-
schist for casting Copper
Implements {8 M.).

* These, like all the objects of copper found at Troy, are coated with
verdigris and malachite. (Letter-press to the Atlas.)