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. 2 . Tarsus is a splendid site, beautifully stratified and rich in finds. We seem to be in one of the residential sections, but even so there are many first-rate things. I am enjoying enormously my first taste of work on an elaborately stratified site. It demands a complete change of method, of course, from what I have been using, but I hope to get adjusted soon. I have taken over a section which was started last year, and which had just finished being 4th or 5th century B.C. when I took it. My present floor level seems to be sixth century. There is a great deal of imported Cypriote pottery and closely related local ware,
April 15, 1936 Pressure of work delayed my finishing this sooner. The work is going very well: my section is going down bit by bit, with minute stratigraphical details which may help date the Cypriote pottery of which we have great quantities.
. 3 . The most recent excitement is Mr. Ehrich's discovery of sub-Mycenaean in a stratified deposit. Today I started cleaning up a section begun last year in which sub- Mycenaean should be the next ware encountered. The Cilician sub-Mycenaean ties in very well with the Cypriote, but I should doubt that either one is dependent upon the other. Perhaps I will know more tomorrow, when I begin to get down in my new section. I have been hoping to hear from you telling me what to do about returning you the money you lent me to get here. The possibilities are two: sending you dollars (cash) or sending you Turkish pounds to Troy. As soon as I know which you wish I will send it off. I have the second volume of the Swedish Cyprus Expedition here: I meant it for Cyprus, of course, but overlooked it
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