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XXX INTRODUCTION
earth with or without cement. The foundation walls of
the latter — now exposed, bat in antiquity lying under-
ground— Tsountas has taken for the clear walls of his
lower stories. To be sure, these foundation walls were
at times visible from without, because the houses stood
on the sloping hillside, and in such cases the floors lay
in part somewhat above the ground level outdoors; but,
even in these houses, this would not be the case on the
side toward the hill. The bones, potsherds, and the like,
found in the earth between the foundation walls, are ear-
lier than these walls, and either must have been there
before the houses were built, or must have been brought
there with other rubbish for filling in the course of the
building.
6. In conclusion, a few further words about Troy. With
perfect right Tsountas has called attention to the difference
between the architecture of the houses and circuit-walls of
Tiryns and Mycenae on the one hand and those of the
sixth stratum of Troy on the other. I agree with him,
also, that the Cyclopean masonry, as it is employed in the
Argive fortresses, is earlier (generally speaking) than the
use of well-dressed blocks so common at Troy. Neverthe-
less, I hold that the Sixth City at Troy was contemporaneous
with those fortresses, and indeed perished still earlier than
they. In the later work at Mycenae the intrusion of the
new style can be clearly recognized in the Palace (for ex-
ample, in the walls of the court), as well as in the beehive
tombs.
After all the correspondences, the civilization which con-
fronts us at Troy is different from the Mycenaean. To be
sure, we recognize the influence of the latter in the Myce-
naean vases (undoubtedly imported) which we find in the
sixth stratum; but the native culture of the Trojan rulers
earth with or without cement. The foundation walls of
the latter — now exposed, bat in antiquity lying under-
ground— Tsountas has taken for the clear walls of his
lower stories. To be sure, these foundation walls were
at times visible from without, because the houses stood
on the sloping hillside, and in such cases the floors lay
in part somewhat above the ground level outdoors; but,
even in these houses, this would not be the case on the
side toward the hill. The bones, potsherds, and the like,
found in the earth between the foundation walls, are ear-
lier than these walls, and either must have been there
before the houses were built, or must have been brought
there with other rubbish for filling in the course of the
building.
6. In conclusion, a few further words about Troy. With
perfect right Tsountas has called attention to the difference
between the architecture of the houses and circuit-walls of
Tiryns and Mycenae on the one hand and those of the
sixth stratum of Troy on the other. I agree with him,
also, that the Cyclopean masonry, as it is employed in the
Argive fortresses, is earlier (generally speaking) than the
use of well-dressed blocks so common at Troy. Neverthe-
less, I hold that the Sixth City at Troy was contemporaneous
with those fortresses, and indeed perished still earlier than
they. In the later work at Mycenae the intrusion of the
new style can be clearly recognized in the Palace (for ex-
ample, in the walls of the court), as well as in the beehive
tombs.
After all the correspondences, the civilization which con-
fronts us at Troy is different from the Mycenaean. To be
sure, we recognize the influence of the latter in the Myce-
naean vases (undoubtedly imported) which we find in the
sixth stratum; but the native culture of the Trojan rulers