Kourion Complex Apollo (extracted from McFadden's notebooks) (1 of 2)

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March 1, 1937Work resumed. Trench 1 (Temple A) A-Theta north 2-4. A-b north 1-4. A-B north 18-20. See photo Film 11, 1-4. B-Gamma north 8-16. See photo 6 for general view of area about to be dug north of Trench 1 (A-I). Many crude Roman tiles in dark loose surface soil. March 2. Trench 1 (Temple A) Gamma-Delta north 6-16 Delta-Kappa north 14-16 b-Alpha and A-K north 18-20. B-Pi north 22-26 (26-28 already dug previous year - was then part of Trench 2. a-gamma north 2-4, Gamma-Delta north 0-2, Delta-H north 0-2, [handwritten: 0-2 Trench 6,8-T] Theta-Theta 2-4. Mar. 3. Tr. 1 A-a north 6-8 10-12 B-I north 24-28, E-I north 22-24, Z-I north 28-30. March 4. Rain, no work. March 5. Z-H north 12-18, E-I north 28-30, I-K north 24-30, Theta-I north 22-24, Z-Theta north 4-8, E-H north 12-14, Delta-E north 16-18. Began clearing cave east of Street 1. See photo Film 11, no. 9. March 6. Trench 1 Theta-Kappa north 14-20, Delta-Zeta north 12-18 Gamma-Delta north 16-18, A-b north 20-22 also 16-18, I-K north 23-30. March 8 (Monday). Continued digging cave (2 men, 2 boys with wheel barrows) east of Street 1. Some pieces of alabaster and large cut block (marble?). Began digging round rock cut

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entrance to cave some 100 metres southwest of Temple A. See photos p. 173 Film 11, No. 2 13-16. Removed surface soil Trench 1 E-Z north 4-10 A-B north 14-18 A-beta north 12-13. March 9. Trench 1, I-K north 0-4, K-Lambda 16-28 Theta-Iota north 4-6, Alpha-gamma north 12-14 A-beta north 10-16. B-Z north 4-10. Cave east of Street 1 to be known as Cave 1. Stopped digging [handwritten: this] cave(?) at noon - shows fine stratification. Cave west of site to be known as Cave 2, stopped digging this cave also. March 10. Began Trench 8 running north of cave 1 to wall north of it in mound. See photo. Film 11 no. 18 (p. 174). Trench 1 K-Lambda north 10-28 I-K north 10-12, Lambda-N north 12-14, Theta-Iota north 0-6, I-K north 0-4, Theta-Iota north 14-16 second stratum. phot. E-Z north 24-26 second stratum photo p. 174. Film 11, no. 19, 20. E-Z north 28-30 second stratum. Photos. p. 174 Film 11, no. 20,22. Trench 8 runs from Cave A to wall 8 m. north of it dug A (at cave) to E. March 11. Tr. 1 Delta-Theta north 30-32, also Gamma-Delta 30-32 but most of then dug previously in Trench 2. A-b north 24-26. b-gamma north 14-15, gamma-delta north 10-14. gamma-epsilon north 2-8. gamma-epsilon north 2-6. Trench 9 begun running east-west perpendicularly to wall at surveying mark 2. Letter A at north side of Trench is almost on identical place as surveying mark 2 (Z?). Dug trench 9 A-Zeta(?).

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Mar. 12Trench 1 gamma-epsilon north 10-18 beta-gamma north 20-26 a-beta north 22-24 A-a north 22-24 A-Delta north 28-32 Lambda-Mu north 24-28. Trench 9 A-Z also continued. Tr. 9 A-zeta(?) and continued to pi(?). Found inscribed sherd of water jar ("ATTO") See Stones & Marbles p. 179 Find 10. March 13. Tr. 9 Z-M surface soil. Tr. 1 delta (?)-epsilon north 14-22 gamma-delta north 20-24 b-gamma north 24-28 A-a north 28-32 Lambda-Mu north 18-22. March 15 (Monday). Trench 1 Delta-Kappa north 32-32 A-b north 28-32 delta-epsilon north 24-28 gamma-delta north 26-28 beta-gamma north 30-34.