Kaloriziki, Trenches (extracted from McFadden's notebooks)

NB I (McF), pp.20 ff.

5-10 April 1952

Dug Trench 5 down to bedrock and into rock-hewn dromos down to floor of dromos and also into bedrock below level of floor. Christo did this to assure himself that the soft sand was actually bedrock and not simply very sandy soil. Dug out only the tomb end of the dromos. The fill of the dromos shows that an intrusive pit reached down here to the floor of the dromos throughout the part of the dromos which we have dug out - mixed soil and sand and about two wheel barrow loads of rough stones from half foot to foot in size. As one faces the tomb there is on the right a built up stone stele consisting of the same size stones - possibly this was to reinforce the crumbling rock of ammo-chavara. At tomb end on left is a flat stone which clearly belonged to the stomion, but it is not in situ. It is upright, however, one of the flat sides facing the dromos with the bottom about 0. above the floor of the dromos and the top being up against the lower edge of a very long stone ( placed here to support the roof of the tomb. Only the side facing the dromos is visible. See Film 166-19. As I study the position of the door stone more carefully it seems to be almost in situ (possibly too high to be in situ?) as placed after some burial in the tomb. It is probably only one of two or more that closed the entrance - the most north-easterly one - but it may have been the only one. It is not quite clear where the entrance of the tomb was, as the rock has been cut in so many places by tomb rifflers. Removed sherds in three sacks: Sack 1 from surface to level -1.17 m. below B, Sack 2 from -1.17 to -1.97 m. and Sack 3 from -1.97 to -3.00 m. Sack 1 contained about one-quarter bucket sherds. Sack 2 about one-sixth, and Sack 3 about 1½ buckets. The rough stones mentioned above came from level -1.97 to -3.00 m. No stones higher up according to Christo. For this trench and others, see draughtsman's plan and for this one also section