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 . brick-earth, which has in the centre a depth of half a metre = 20 in. : this provesthat in the middle of the house there has been much more of this matter 6 Marked a Z on Plan I. (of Troy). 7 See the Section, No. 146, p. 270. 8 The centimetre (0*01 m.) = 0*4 in. nearly ; the millimetre (0-001 m.) = 0 ? 04 in., or l-25thin. See the Table of French and English Measures. 270 THE SECOND CITY ON THE
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 . brick-earth, which has in the centre a depth of half a metre = 20 in. : this provesthat in the middle of the house there has been much more of this matter 6 Marked a Z on Plan I. (of Troy). 7 See the Section, No. 146, p. 270. 8 The centimetre (0*01 m.) = 0*4 in. nearly ; the millimetre (0-001 m.) = 0 ? 04 in., or l-25thin. See the Table of French and English Measures. 270 THE SECOND CITY ON THE SITE OF TROY. [Chap. VI. than elsewhere ; it is the base of this stratum of brick-earth which, by itsheat, has vitrified the soil of the area. Above it are strata of a brownishor light colour, forming the arc of a circle ; of which the upper layer (a)is of a brown colour; it contains small yellow clay-cakes ((/alettes) whichhave fallen almost without breaking: (3) a sporadic stratum of prettylarge flat pieces of charcoal, 0*10 to 012 m. = 4 to 4*8 in. long andbroad: (4) a thick party-coloured stratum, from 070 to 080 to 32 in. deep of clay-cakes (gaieties), and blackish, brown, grey or. Ground Floor No. 146. Section of a burnt House on the north-west side 01 i,ae Well (a Z on Dan I ). reddish substances more or less mixed with straw. This stratum containsfragments of pottery, shells, bones, &c. This last stratum appears tobe derived from the terraced roof; the large pieces of charcoal are fromthe beams and joists. The inferior strata of light earth have fallen firstthrough the burning timber-work; they appear to be derived from thefloor, the light wood of which has produced the first stratum of the house appears to have had probably a ground-floor and oneupper storey. Contrary to the general architecture of the second city,there is no trace of walls in this house. Were they perhaps of clay ? I would further call the particular attention of visitors to the sev
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