Bamboula, Area A Circuit Wall (extracted from McFadden's notebooks)

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… fortress. We did not, for whatever reason, carry this investigation through to the end but at least established that the fill of the common wall between the NE and SW towers (JFD, ix, 54 walls a and b) was entirely Archaic. The sherds were: ca. 80% plain (incl. 20 PWM II) 7 sherds Wash 1 " Myc.III 1 " BR 4 " BSB 15 " Bl-on-R 1 " Red Slip Sh 647 24 " WhP III-IV 7 " WhP I 1 " red burnished 1 " painted pithos

Note: One field card marked E.Tower by west wall, below yellow floor to rock - dated last day of campaign and not commented on in NB,indicates that at some point (but possibly outside the tower?) only LB sherds were found at the lowest level. C [handwritten: 74-3] may be grouped with Stage IV of the circuit wall.

D. Removal of topsoil and earth that had washed into area of towers produced the following: 85% plain (incl. 8 PWM II) 3 sherds Roman red 4 " Greek black 4 " Black-on-Red 11 " WhP III-IV 1 " BSB 1 " LC III Dec. 1 " BR 1 " WS II 3 " Wash