Tirnys, Greece circuit wall-citadel
corbel-vaulted gallery
1400-1200BCE stone blocks
no mortar pointed arch
fortified wall held by its weight
blocks placed horizontal
cantilevering inward
crude/effective/unsophisticated
small stones as wedges
clay filled in empty spaces
corbel-vaulted gallery
1400-1200BCE stone blocks
no mortar pointed arch
fortified wall held by its weight
blocks placed horizontal
cantilevering inward
crude/effective/unsophisticated
small stones as wedges
clay filled in empty spaces
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