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Late Troy VI outer walls battered
towers so they can fling fire down
walls overlapping so attackers have to expose themselves to attack on 2 sides at once
Troy VIh destroyed in massive earthquake, despite leaving cushion of earth (neither bedrock nor virgin soil) between foundations and bedrock, which maaay have been an antiseismic precaution
Trojan walls a solid mass of ashlar masonry
contrast Cyclopean walls, which have two "skins" with layer of rubble between
fortifications more or less constant during Bronze Age, Trojan rulers probably used them as continuous public works, like Old Kingdom pyramids
exterior city wall, later robbed out by builders in historical times
no palatial architecture survives, since Greek & Romans shaved this area down to levels well below Troy VI
rings of concentric terraces evidence for urban planning
houses of late Troy VI large, with no standard plan
cremation burials in jars
poor grave goods
not sure if cremation was normal, because we don't have cemeteries from any other period, and we don't know when in Troy VI
if late, could be exceptional cremation after the earthquake caused major loss of life & bodies had to be burned before disease became rampant
but similar jar burials at Basik Tepe, 8 km southwest of Troy
often identified as the local docking point for any fleet attacking Troy, but also natural stopping point for fleets awaiting favorable south winds to pass through the Dardanelles
one warrior had a large krater above his ash urn
sharp pottery difference between Troy V and VI
even more startling given continuity from I-V
first appearance of horse bones
horse bones actually appear somewhat earlier at Tiryns & possibly Lerna in EH III
Troy VIh no convincing signs of a general conflagration
Late Troy VI outer walls battered
towers so they can fling fire down
walls overlapping so attackers have to expose themselves to attack on 2 sides at once
Troy VIh destroyed in massive earthquake, despite leaving cushion of earth (neither bedrock nor virgin soil) between foundations and bedrock, which maaay have been an antiseismic precaution
Trojan walls a solid mass of ashlar masonry
contrast Cyclopean walls, which have two "skins" with layer of rubble between
fortifications more or less constant during Bronze Age, Trojan rulers probably used them as continuous public works, like Old Kingdom pyramids
exterior city wall, later robbed out by builders in historical times
no palatial architecture survives, since Greek & Romans shaved this area down to levels well below Troy VI
rings of concentric terraces evidence for urban planning
houses of late Troy VI large, with no standard plan
cremation burials in jars
poor grave goods
not sure if cremation was normal, because we don't have cemeteries from any other period, and we don't know when in Troy VI
if late, could be exceptional cremation after the earthquake caused major loss of life & bodies had to be burned before disease became rampant
but similar jar burials at Basik Tepe, 8 km southwest of Troy
often identified as the local docking point for any fleet attacking Troy, but also natural stopping point for fleets awaiting favorable south winds to pass through the Dardanelles
one warrior had a large krater above his ash urn
sharp pottery difference between Troy V and VI
even more startling given continuity from I-V
first appearance of horse bones
horse bones actually appear somewhat earlier at Tiryns & possibly Lerna in EH III
Troy VIh no convincing signs of a general conflagration
