Vaseendinginthesnoutofananimal。FoundonthehillofHissarlikatadepthof451/2feet。
ButtoreturntoDr。Schliemann’sfinecollection。Thepotteryfromthefirsttown，foundatadepthoffromthirty-twotofifty-twofeetFig。89，issuperioralikeincolor，form，andconstruction，tothekeramicwareofthefollowingperiods。Thepotter’swheelwasunknown，oratleastveryrarelyused，[255]andpotterywashandmadeandpolishedwithboneorwoodpolishers，themarksofwhichcanstillbemadeout。Theformsarevariedandoftengraceful，manyofthem，asdothosefoundinthemoundsofNorthAmericaimitatingthoseoftheanimalsamongwhichthepotterslived。Theusualcolorofthekeramicwareisblack，sometimesdecoratedwithwhitelozenge-shapedornaments。Somevaseshavealsobeenfoundcoloredred，yellow，andbrown，andevendeckedwithgarlandsofflowerandfruit，asaresomeofthoseofSantorin。Wemustalsomentionsomeapodalvases，andotherswiththreefeet，usedforfuneralpurposes，containinghumanashesFig。90。Theterra-cottafusaioles，foundinsuchnumbersamongtheruinsofthetownsthatrosesuccessivelyfromthehillofHissarlik，are，ontheotherhand，rareatDardania，ifwemayretainthatname。[256]
Funeralvasecontaininghumanashes。Foundatadepthof50feet。
Excavationshavebroughttolightmorethansixhundredceltsorknives，generallyofsmallersizethanthosefoundinDenmarkorFrance。Rockofmanykinds，includingserpentine，schist，felsite，jadeite，diorite，andnephrite，wereused；andsawsofflintorchalcedony，sometoothedononesideonly，othersonboth，areoffrequentoccurrence。Theywerefixedintohandlesofwoodorhorn，andkeptinplacewithsomeagglutinativesubstance，suchaspitch，severalofthemstillretainingtracesofthisprimitiveglue。Wemustalsomentionawls，pinsofboneandivory，andossiclesorknucklebones，ineverystageofmanufacture，confirmingtheaccountsofGreekhistorians，whotellusofthegreatantiquityofthegameplayedwiththem。TheDardaniansusedwoodenandboneimplementsandweaponsalmostexclusively。Itisimpossibletosaywhethertheywereacquaintedwiththeuseofmetals，butwemightassertthattheywereifwecouldquitecertainlyattributetothemacertainmouldofmicaschist，foundatadepthof451/2feet，whichbadbeenusedintheprocessofcastingspitsandpins，whichare。supposedtobeofmoreancientdatethanthefibulae。
Largeterra-cottavasesfoundatTroy。