| |of the Hellenic civilization of
| |historic periods.
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|Fourth stratum to 13 feet. |A second barbarous people, but
| |probably allied to the first.
| |Very coarse pottery. Implements
| |and weapons of copper or bronze--
| |stone knives and saws.
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|Third stratum to 23 feet. |Barbarous people occupying the
| |site of Troy. Rude stone
| |implements and rude pottery.
| |Buildings of small stones and clay.
| |Some objects of pottery found here
| |would on American sites be regarded
| |as probably tobacco-pipes.
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|Second stratum to 33 feet. |Homeric Troy. Implements and
| |weapons of copper, bronze, and
| |stone. Pottery, some of it of
| |Peruvian and ancient Cypriot types.
| |Fine gold jewelry, and gold and
| |silver vessels. Armor similar to
| |that described by Homer. Stone
| |buildings and walls. This city had
| |been sacked and burned.
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| First stratum to 46 or 53 feet.|Primitive or prehistoric Troy.
| |Stone implements, polished and
| |chipped. Millstones, copper nails,
| |pottery--some with patterns
| |curiously resembling those of
| |America--bone implements,
| Rock. |terra-cotta disks. Stone buildings.
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were the Trojans of the Homeric poems, and the destruction of their
city was probably in the first instance