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The citadel of Troia had supplementary dwellings on the plateau to the south and southwest, the so-called Lower City. The investigations at Troia since 1988 integrate geophysical prospecting and subsequent archaeological trial trenches in order to reveal the remains in that area. During the field seasons up to 2000, more than 40 ha have been mapped mainly by magnetometry performed by different institutions with various instruments. The most prominent large-scale features are a Bronze Age ditch system (Troia VI) surrounding the plateau and Troia VIII/IX structures consisting of a part of the Hellenistic city wall of Ilion and the Roman street system with remains of the insulae. Yet unexplained features extend into the alluvial plain west of the Lower City.
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Jansen, H.G., Blindow, N. (2003). The Geophysical Mapping of the Lower City of Troia/Ilion. In: Wagner, G.A., Pernicka, E., Uerpmann, HP. (eds) Troia and the Troad. Natural Science in Archaeology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05308-9_22
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