. Mycenaean Troy, based on Dörpfeld's excavations in the sixth of the nine buried cities at Hissarlik. Fig. 9. Retaining Wall of VI Mwall the blocks become more irregular and the inter-stices are filled with ru])ble. In the latter figurethere is seen a portion of the Tower VI h projectingfrom the East Citadel Wall. It will be noted thatthe city wall (c) shows on its scarped surface irregularstones, in contrast to which the blocks of the towerwall appear well-wrought and with such regular inter-stices that they remind us of the fine Hellenic isodo-mous masonry. 9. Building Material.^ Originall
. Mycenaean Troy, based on Dörpfeld's excavations in the sixth of the nine buried cities at Hissarlik. Fig. 9. Retaining Wall of VI Mwall the blocks become more irregular and the inter-stices are filled with ru])ble. In the latter figurethere is seen a portion of the Tower VI h projectingfrom the East Citadel Wall. It will be noted thatthe city wall (c) shows on its scarped surface irregularstones, in contrast to which the blocks of the towerwall appear well-wrought and with such regular inter-stices that they remind us of the fine Hellenic isodo-mous masonry. 9. Building Material.^ Originally a brick upperwall, later replaced by stone, was built upon the solid iDurpfeld, Troja und llion, p. Ill, THE MYCENAEAN CITY 4:7 lower wall of the stronghold. Clay was employed inthe construction of the horizontal roofs of the building material for the timbers of the roof, forthe platform inside the towers, for the beams in someof the walls, for the pillars and doors, was parastades, on the other hand, seem to have beenbuilt of stone, not of wood as in the case of the II. Fig. 10. North Wall of Tower VI h Stratum. In the construction of the pavement burntlime was used, as is seen on the steep ascent near thebuilding YI M, leading from the South Circuit Wallto the high terrace of the inner citadel. It is likelythat lime cement, like the IMycenaean pottery, wasan importation, since it has not been discovered else-where. Although great 2?tfhot filled with that sub-stance were unearthed in the Tower VI h, yet Dorp-feld does not believe that lime was generally used inthe VI City for building material. i8 MYCENAEAN TROY The Walls op the Citadel 10. The Extent.^ The wall on the whole east sideof the hill has been uncovered to its on the south side and in a part of the west side,where it is not fully excavated, its course is clearlydefined. On the north,however, no trace remains un-less it Ije a small fragment near the great NortheastTower. The ent
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