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 462 Primitive Greece; Mvcenian Art. they are constructed with stones obtained by cleavage and laid in mud. Whether at Argos or the surrounding villages, apart from a few new houses which belong to the well-to-do, those of the common people or of a certain date are made of sun-dried brick, white- washed and provided with a stone base and a flat roof. Garden fences of brick are not protected by any facing. The walls of these villages show no timber ties, but their employment is universal at Nauplia and in the Troad. As an instance, we figure above a street view of Es-Isneh after Virchow (Fig. 176). The timber-