Figure 34: The East Field at Isthmia, addition of Sub-Phases 15-16, Plan and Harris Matrix.
Figure 35: The East Field at Isthmia, addition of Sub-Phases 15-16, Model.
Figure 34: The East Field at Isthmia, addition of Sub-Phases 15-16, Plan and Harris Matrix.
Figure 35: The East Field at Isthmia, addition of Sub-Phases 15-16, Model.
After the site was destroyed, some time appears to have passed before a new series of structures were built from the ruins. The earlier structures were either dismantled, or the accumulating soils that had partly, or entirely, buried them were levelled for this new period of activity. As one of the final episodes of identifiable activity, however, much less can be said about these latest developments. Still, it is significant that these new 'red' walls followed the earlier, yet now clearly defunct, alignment. One pattern that was revealed in this phase, but especially in the next, is that the quality of wall construction had declined dramatically. While poorer mortars had been utilised in the later rebuilding of the 'pink' phase, the good quality lime mortar of the earlier walls (sub-phases 8 and 9) gave way to a considerably poorer quality mud mortar. The masonry also seems less carefully chosen and worked.
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