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Excavating Ancient Troy
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Troy IV (about 2300 - 1900 BC)
Blocks of the houses were attached to each other. More advanced building techniques.
Troy III (about 2400 - 2300 BC)
Surrounded by walls. Construction material; stones. Buildings were larger and more developed than the previous period.
Troy I (about 3000 - 2600 BC)
Troy V (about 1900 - 1700 BC)
More advanced techniques and workmanship in the construction of the walls and the houses.
Initial settlement of the early bronze age. Construction material: sun - dried bricks.
Troy II (about 2600 - 2400 BC)
- First settlement, where town planning can be seen. Construction material: stones, sun - dried clay bricks. The most interesting building; The megaron house with pillars Center of contemporary civilization. Ended in a raging fire.
Heinrich Schliemann
Troy VI (about 1700 - 1270 BC)
Ten sites of Troy
- Middle bronze age Prominent Acropolis of the period with its strong walls, and very well planned beautiful houses.
- Big leap in the construction techniques and fortifications compared to previous periods.
- Excavations conducted by Wilhelm Doerpfeld in the 1890s indicated that the sixth stratum, representing the sixth settlement of the city, was the Homeric Troy, which could represents the legendary Trojan War.
- Famous Archaeologist
- The first excavation of Troy 1870
- Schliemann dug two long trenches and discovered that most of the city was buried indicating the city was built a number of times.
- Schliemann thought that the most important layer of the city was the oldest so he has the newer city torn down.
- In 1873 he discovered what he thought was Homer’s Troy known as Ilium along with the city walls, gates, and buildings.
- artifacts date back to the bronze age and roman period
- FINDINGS:
- Many bronze age artifacts such as
- Axes
- Picks
- Shields
- Arrowheads
- Swords
Source
Slides with info concerning the Ten cities of Troy come directly from :
http://www.salimbeti.com/micenei/history.htm
Troy X (about 400 AD - 1300 AD)
Troy IX (about 85 BC - 400 AD)
During the Byzantine period, It was damaged by earthquakes around 500 AD and the site was eventually abandoned around the 1306 AD after the Ottoman empire.
The city spread and covered the whole mound Hisarlik Emperor Augustus rebuilt the city The temple of Athena was the most important building The Bouleuterion, theater, and the auditorium all dated from the Roman period.
Troy VIII (about 700 - 85 BC)
Repopulated by Greeks from Lesbos and Tenedos. Remains of hellenistic and pre-hellenistic periods are visible The temple of Athena with its altar built in Doric order is the most prominent remain Later, taken over by the Romans.