Notebook·KEF_GEO_132578_01·1996

Geomorphology notebook 1C. Morhange

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Handwritten in French. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 5 of notebook KEF_GEO_132578_01 (Geomorphology notebook 1), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée, Lyon, KEF_GEO_132578_01, CC BY 4.0 (by permission of the Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine, 30 October 2026).

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At Cape Greco and Protaras, on the E coast heading towards Famagusta, one distinguishes mid-littoral notches and well-developed erosion platforms, indicators of a stability of mean sea level.

Cl of the day: Total:

• sector "uplifted" from the mouth of the Tremithos (at least) to Cape Pyla.

• sector + "stable" between Cape Pyla and Protaras area.

30 September 1996

1) Sampling and wet sieving of 2 x 9 l of sediments from the "Mycenaean" layer X̅I̅I̅I̅ before = 30/9/96 KB 96 UF 110 in I 11/3 and 4 - Grey colour - clayey-sandy texture - charcoal fairly rare - unabraded, broken "Mycenaean" sherds - very rich marine fauna → coastal (bivalves + gastropods lagoonal - some angular ballast elements

65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain

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