The Hero Schliemann by Laura Amy Schlitz

Author:Laura Amy Schlitz [SCHLITZ, LAURA AMY]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-7636-6567-8
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published: 2006-10-17T04:00:00+00:00

When Heinrich Schliemann dug at Hissarlik, he was hoping to find Homer’s city of Troy. Instead, he found many cities, one on top of the other. Sorting out the different layers, or strata, was a difficult job.

In order to understand Heinrich’s work, imagine that you’ve tossed everything that you’ve ever owned into a heap in the middle of the floor. On top of the mound would be the clothes you wore yesterday. Lower down, the clothes would be smaller. Legos and puzzle pieces would get bigger. At the bottom of the mound would be baby clothes, board books, and rattles.

If you looked at the mound like an archaeologist, you’d see all the layers of your past life. You would keep a sharp eye out for anything that might help you to assign dates to the different strata. If, for example, you found your second-grade report card next to a plastic stegosaurus, you might guess that second grade was the year you were crazy about dinosaurs.

Now suppose your mother wanted to give away the red boots you loved when you were four. Suppose she tore apart your mound like a dog looking for a bone. What had once been an orderly mess would become chaos. The original layering, which made sense, would be lost forever.

What Heinrich Schliemann did at Hissarlik was quite a bit like that.

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