===================================================================== |Surface. | | | |Fifth stratum to 6-1/2 feet. |The Greek Ilium, with buildings | |and objects of art characteristic | |of the Hellenic civilization of | |historic periods. --------------------------------------------------------------------- |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. --------------------------------------------------------------------- |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. --------------------------------------------------------------------- |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. --------------------------------------------------------------------- | 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. =====================================================================