2l6 CARNEGIE INSTITUTION 



The three trips with Dorpfeld were planned to include every im- 

 portant site on which excavations have been made, either on the 

 mainland of Greece or on the Greek islands, with the exception of 

 Attica, which had been visited previously. Architectural and gen- 

 eral archaological importance prevailed over historical interest or 

 poetical associations. Thus the party was not taken to Sparta, nor 

 to Thermopylae, or the Vale of Tempe, where only general impres- 

 sions were to be gained from a brief stay. The call at Marathon was 

 the only exception to this rule, and this lay directly on the route, in 

 passing from Eretria along the Attic coast. 



In Asia Minor, our little party of four, by dint of vigorous exer- 

 tions, and favored by excellent weather, accomplished in two weeks 

 more than I had thought possible in the limited time at our disposal. 

 Here, too, we visited almost every important site of past excavations : 

 the British and Austrian excavations at Ephesus, the German exca- 

 vations at Pergamon, Priene, Magnesia on the Meeander, and Miletus, 

 and the French excavations at Didymi, as well as the less important 

 explorations at Sardis and at Magnesia on the Hermus. At Perga- 

 mon, Priene, and Miletus we were guests in the houses built for the 

 use of the German excavators, and had the use of their plans and 

 reports for the elucidation of the ruins. We visited also the exten- 

 sive ruins of Hierapolis and Laodicea, a trifle more than ioo miles 

 from Smyrna, and were also at Thyateira and Philadelphia, though 

 we had no opportunity there to search for and make examination of 

 any ruins. Thus we traversed a considerable part of each of the four 

 great plains of western Asia Minor, in addition to the Troad, and 

 saw the sites of the Seven Churches of Asia, and passed along the 

 coast in a small Turkish steamer — so near as to give us a distinct 

 view of the country from the west. Reluctantly we abandoned the 

 plan of visiting the scene of the American excavations of Assos ; 

 this place is not easily reached, and Professor Richardson was obliged 

 to leave for America. 



Thus in the two months of my stay in Greek lands I had under 

 the most favorable circumstances such a comprehensive view of the 

 archeological excavations which have been made in those lands 

 within the last forty years as few before me have had in the same 

 length of time. 



The Field Assigned as Limited by Circumstances. 



The broad general field which you suggested for my examination 

 receives from circumstances important delimitations. France and 



