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Excavations at Thermi
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 October 2013
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Since the first account of Thermi was written for Vol. XXX, a large area has been excavated, completing, more or less, the Early Bronze Age settlement, and defining, as far as is possible, a settlement belonging to the Late Bronze Age.
As space is not unlimited, I have here omitted questions dealt with in Vol. XXX, and, when discussing new aspects of the site, have published less detailed evidence than I could wish. In short, this report must be supplemented, not only by the earlier one, but by a separate and complete publication. In the meantime, I have done my best to give a general outline of the new developments.
The staff consisted of Miss Six, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Brock, Miss Mitchell (who was responsible for the maps during one season), myself and, for a shorter period, Mr. Cuttle of Downing College and Miss Horner of Newnham College.
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page 149 note 1 I am indebted to Professor Myres and Mr. Wace for this suggestion.
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page 150 note 1 Calvert in Schliemann's, Ilios, pp. 708–709Google Scholar.
page 150 note 2 Not yet measured.
page 151 note 1 Plate XXIII is not up-to-date, for it omits some of the outer walls near the western and southern gateway (see Fig. 1) and includes cross walls of small stones which really belong to Town IV. The final plan was finished too late for inclusion.
page 153 note 1 Who were the Greeks? p. 142.
page 157 note 1 From Dr. Böhlau's excavations. The majority are as yet unpublished, but some of the Grey Wares, which represent a later stage than the material at Thermi, have appeared in J.H.S. lii, p. 10Google Scholar. Fig, 4, through the kindness of the excavator.
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page 158 note 2 B.S.A. Suppl. p. 29, Fig. 18a.
page 158 note 3 See J.H.S. lii, p. 5Google Scholar. Will it prove to belong to Troy VII rather than to Troy VI?
page 159 note 1 The nearest approach is S.S. 1346 from Troy III–V.
page 160 note 1 For No. 25, see B.S.A. xxx, p. 28Google Scholar, note 1. No. 28 is in a very dark grey ware enhanced by a slip or varnish. From Π. 3·5–3·25 (early).
page 160 note 2 B.S.A. Suppl., Pl. VIc. Our vase, however, has a single handle rising from the rim.
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page 162 note 1 The complete absence at Thermi of the two-handled goblet—the so-called δέπας ἀμφικύπελλον—is an important factor. We know that it belongs to the stage IIB at Troy which is missing at Thermi, but we do not know when it ceased to be made at Troy.
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page 162 note 4 None of the metal objects here described have yet been analysed, and are provisionally called bronze or copper by reason of (a) their appearance, which gives a definite indication, and (b) their provenance. Cf. the report on metal from the Potter's Pool and other objects from the Early Bronze Age Settlement in B.S.A. xxx, p. 39Google Scholar.
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