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AMERICAN EXCAVATIONS IN 1892
73
CAMPAIGN OF 1S92.
" On February 13 I started for Argos, accompanied by Mr. Brownson and Mr. Fox. Before we
began active work we were joined by Mr. De Cou and Dr. Newhall. On March 4 Professor-
Poland also joined us, and took charge of the work for a week, during which time I accompanied
Mr. Washington to Phlius, and then returned to Athens. To the hearty cooperation of all these
gentlemen the success of our work is largely due.
" We began our work at the Heraeum in an explorative manner, to test the nature of the several
sites there grouped. At first we employed sixty-three men and three carts, and rose to one hun-
dred and eighty men and twenty-six carts. We were exceptionally favored by good weather ; in
the first month we lost only one half-day from bad weather. Our chief energies were concentrated
on the Second Temple (Fig. 38) ; but we dug trenches also on the site of the earlier temple, where
1
Fig. 38.
The Second Temple at the Close of the Season of 18D2.
we came upon its pavement, consisting of flat polygonal stones, and also upon a continuous layer
of charred wood,—an interesting confirmation of the record of the burning of the temple. We
found ruins of what may prove to be early Greek baths, and of a stoa. At a depth of between ten
and fifteen feet, on the slope at the west end of the Second Temple, we came upon a curious layer
of black earth, in which we found a great number of archaic bronze objects, amber beads, some
gold and silver rings, terra-cotta ornaments, fragments of early vases, bone needles, stone seals,
etc. The terra-cotta plaques are almost unique in character, while the vases make a valuable addi-
tion to our knowledge of early ornamental ceramic art.
" We were fortunate enough to find a large number of the marble sculptured ornaments of the
Second Temple in a more or less fragmentary condition. . . . We were still more fortunate in dis-
covering two well-preserved heads, about two thirds life-size, which belonged to the metopes, and-
also a well-preserved male torso from one of the metopes. Finally, immediately in front of the
west end of the temple, we had the great fortune of finding the marble head of Hera, of which
you have already heard. This head, of at least life-size, is recognized by all who have seen it as
the best preserved specimen of a female head from the fifth century B. C." . . .
73
CAMPAIGN OF 1S92.
" On February 13 I started for Argos, accompanied by Mr. Brownson and Mr. Fox. Before we
began active work we were joined by Mr. De Cou and Dr. Newhall. On March 4 Professor-
Poland also joined us, and took charge of the work for a week, during which time I accompanied
Mr. Washington to Phlius, and then returned to Athens. To the hearty cooperation of all these
gentlemen the success of our work is largely due.
" We began our work at the Heraeum in an explorative manner, to test the nature of the several
sites there grouped. At first we employed sixty-three men and three carts, and rose to one hun-
dred and eighty men and twenty-six carts. We were exceptionally favored by good weather ; in
the first month we lost only one half-day from bad weather. Our chief energies were concentrated
on the Second Temple (Fig. 38) ; but we dug trenches also on the site of the earlier temple, where
1
Fig. 38.
The Second Temple at the Close of the Season of 18D2.
we came upon its pavement, consisting of flat polygonal stones, and also upon a continuous layer
of charred wood,—an interesting confirmation of the record of the burning of the temple. We
found ruins of what may prove to be early Greek baths, and of a stoa. At a depth of between ten
and fifteen feet, on the slope at the west end of the Second Temple, we came upon a curious layer
of black earth, in which we found a great number of archaic bronze objects, amber beads, some
gold and silver rings, terra-cotta ornaments, fragments of early vases, bone needles, stone seals,
etc. The terra-cotta plaques are almost unique in character, while the vases make a valuable addi-
tion to our knowledge of early ornamental ceramic art.
" We were fortunate enough to find a large number of the marble sculptured ornaments of the
Second Temple in a more or less fragmentary condition. . . . We were still more fortunate in dis-
covering two well-preserved heads, about two thirds life-size, which belonged to the metopes, and-
also a well-preserved male torso from one of the metopes. Finally, immediately in front of the
west end of the temple, we had the great fortune of finding the marble head of Hera, of which
you have already heard. This head, of at least life-size, is recognized by all who have seen it as
the best preserved specimen of a female head from the fifth century B. C." . . .