Ilios; the city and country of the TrojansThe results of researches and discoveries on the site of Troy and throughout the Troad in the years 1871-72-73-78-79, including an autobiography of the author . ar, as hasalready been stated, to those foundin the upper part of stratum b, butall burnt red or yellow, and vitrified. At certain points on the north-eastside, stratum c covers and extends be-yond the massive wall (No. 1540, 10),from which we may conclude that theenclosure continued to be used forsacrificial purposes after the soilwithin it had grown to such an ex-tent as to cover the upper su
Ilios; the city and country of the TrojansThe results of researches and discoveries on the site of Troy and throughout the Troad in the years 1871-72-73-78-79, including an autobiography of the author . ar, as hasalready been stated, to those foundin the upper part of stratum b, butall burnt red or yellow, and vitrified. At certain points on the north-eastside, stratum c covers and extends be-yond the massive wall (No. 1540, 10),from which we may conclude that theenclosure continued to be used forsacrificial purposes after the soilwithin it had grown to such an ex-tent as to cover the upper surface ofthe old fortress wall. In the trenchdriven along the eastern wall, as givenin section No. 1565, is a remarkablediagonal Assuring of the wood-ashesunder the basement of one of thealtars, which may possibly be due tolateral pressure. A fragment of sun-dried brick fromone of the altar-floors has four curiousmarks upon it, evidently imprintedby the hoofs of some animal, probablya kid, while the white clay was stillplastic (No. 1566). Near the gateway the old massivewall has been partly destroyed, and alow wall has been built upon it, in theform of a curve, and crossing both the _n. B ///x//////////y//////////////// nock No. 1565. Section Bhowing Diagonal Fissuring of Wood-ashes under brick-floor Altar. App. IV.] BY MR. FRANK CALVERT. 717 buttresses which flanked the entranceas well as the entrance itself. At thesame time, a second inner wall, builtpartly on the foundations of themassive wall, curves inward, enclosing
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