Schliemann in his journals claimed that he found “several thousand objects” covering from the Early Bronze Age through to Byzantine periods, though the focus is on the Bronze Age levels. 

In particular:

• In the earliest levels (Earliest Bronze Age, EB II), Schliemann’s record shows wheel-made plates and one-handled tankards

• In subsequent phases (EB III), two-handled cups and tankards appear.

• The stratigraphy and fortifications identified were clarified: the sequence of fortifications on the north side of the site was better understood, especially for what is conventionally termed “Troy II” and “Troy VI.”

• Schliemann also documented multiple building phases (in fact, Easton’s reconstruction suggests at least twelve in “Troy II”) inside what appears to have been the citadel.

A major issue: Schliemann frequently failed to specify from which trench or exact stratigraphic layer many objects came. This injects “varying degrees of uncertainty” when trying to assign objects to precise phases or contexts. So assigning “Troy II or Troy VI” is hard to do.

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