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In addition, sections of the walls are slightly offset every 10 m or so in order to curve around the site without the necessity for corners (a weak point in wall defence).This feature is unique to Troy and displays an independence from both Mycenaean and Hittite influence.Once again, finds of foreign materials suggest trade with Asia. 2300-1750 BCE) is the most difficult period to reconstruct as the layers were hastily removed in early excavations in order to reach the lower levels.Generally speaking, the period seems a less prosperous one but foreign contact is further evidenced by the presence of Anatolian influenced dome ovens and Minoan pottery. 1750-1300 BCE) is the period most visible today at the site and is the most likely candidate for the besieged city of Homer’s Trojan War.The purpose of the expedition was to reclaim Helen, wife of Menelaos, king of Sparta and brother of Agamemnon.Helen was abducted by the Trojan prince Paris and taken as his prize for choosing Aphrodite as the most beautiful goddess in a competition with Athena and Hera.
Pottery and metal finds match those on Lesbos and Lemnos in the Aegean and in northern Anatolia. 2550-2300 BCE) displays larger buildings (40 m long), mud-brick and stone fortifications with monumental gates.
Other names for Troy include Hisarlik (Turkish), Ilios (Homer), Ilion (Greek) and Ilium (Roman).