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2 pRiMiTivt; Grekci; : Myci^nian Art. plain, frequently disturbed by the overflowing and change of bed of the Scamander. The only sepultures that we may safely call archaic are those that have been recognized towards the foot of Mount Hanai Tepeh, on the summit of which stood the Hellenic temple of Thymbrsus Apollo.' Below the ruins of this sacred building, relics of a prehistoric village have been uncovered. The pottery is as uncouth as in the lowest strata at Hissarlik: nearly all the implements are made of stone and bone, and bronze is hardly, l'"ii;. 244.— Ilios. Chy vase. One-third of aclufti swe. if ever, seen at all." Here and there skeletons crop up, now on the rock itself, now somewhat higher up, on a spot which seems to represent the site of certain ancient dwellings. The dead were laid out on the bare earth, their faces turned to the west, and their knees doubled up. They lighted upon no grave hollowed in the solid rock, or made of brick or stone ; one and all were mere holes dug in the ground, wherein the bodies were placed. The exceptions to this universal rule are tombs built with unburnt brick for two infants. Remembering that the only ' History of Art. * Schliemann, //wi.