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. X.

I now come to the strata of dibris at a depth of from
7 to 4 meters (23 to 13 feet), which are evidently also the
remains of a people of the Aryan race, who took possession
of the town built upon the ruins of Troy, and who destroyed
it and extirpated the inhabitants ; for in these strata of
10 feet thick I find no trace of metal beyond two nails and
a small piece of silver wire, and the structure of the houses
is entirely different. All the house-walls consist of small
stones joined with clay; in the larger buildings the stones
are more or less hewn, but in the smaller they are alto-
gether rough. Visitors to the Plain of Troy can see in
the earthen walls of my excavations, at these depths, a
number of larger or smaller house-walls of this descrip-
tion. Among others are the
remains of those huge walls 6\
feet thick, of which I spoke in
my report of the 23rd of last
month. The foundations lie at
a depth of 20 feet, and they

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A curious Terra-cotta Cup (4 M.).

No. 126.

Terra-cotta Pitcher of a frequent form

(6 M.).

extend to within 10 feet below the present surface;* for
as, with the exception of excavating the temple, I only

* Chapter IX., pp. 132-3.