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

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the soil was brown in color. A few stones coming out only, unworked stones averaging about 25 cm. for their greatest dimension. Have not removed any soil yet further north than 1.10 m. from supporting wall immediately to south of hole in floor. Stratum changes at 0.75 cm. below brick epistyle where dark soil is found - very much darker than upper soil. North of 1.10 m. the upper accumulation of soil is about 40 cm. below epistyle of bricks. Placing all sherds found north of 1.10 m. from supporting wall down until stratification changes in separate bag. As there is no hope in roof over this area, the accumulation should be less disturbed by whatever came in

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through the hole afterthe break through. The soil coming out in this area - that is to say the upper part of the accumulation here is the same as that found under the hole. Roman ribbed coarse ware coming out. The accumulation 1.50 m. north of supporting east-west wall appears to be fairly level - the top of it being about 40 cm. on an average. Below the underside of the brick epistyle. The accumulation under the hole just north of the wall was, of course, much higher - reaching up to the floor of the room above. Earth from 1.10 north of cross wall to north wall being dumped separately for straining in sieve - also earth over floor in central room. In central room digging down th that part of floor which has fallen into hypocaust below. Sherds on collapsed portion placed in separate bag. Earth over floor everywhere light brown, clean, with hardly any stones. In central room no tiles were found over sunken floor - only overthat part of floor which was found intact. These were few and have been placed in bag.

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Removed trench 9, o-sigma, north 6-8, stratum of debris over floor south of bath. Ribbed wares found here. Removed trench 9, theta-k, north 18-22, surface soil. Removed page 1207-2b light brown soil - very few stones 0-3 m. from north wall of east room of bath. Removing street 1, x-omega, west 6-12, surface soil only - no debris and few stones only. Mr. Hill placed three large orthostates on wall streeth, T-phi, west 10.00 m. Removing tiles found near hole in hypocaust of east room of bath to a distance of 15 meters east of bath, and stacking them up.

14 April 1949 Continuing to dig out first stratum in hypocaust east room bath (room 1). Found lamp F544 and samples of wall plaster F545. Removing samples of debris in northwest and southeast corners of central room of bath (room 2). See film 118-24. Began removing earth page 1216 over floor here in northwest corner. Began removing debris under surface soil, 0-2 m. north of rooms 2 and 3 of bath. See film 118-28 and 29. Worked blocks being removed to about 5 cm. to north. Dark gray soil, due to vegetation, loose. Began removing light debris just under surface soil trench 9, p-t, north 2-6, south of southeast room of bath. See film 118-30. Began removing sample of debris left in southwest corner of east room of bath. See film 118-31. Found here at top of sample of debris piece of gypsum wall plaster. Next to west wall here in corner there appears to be a considerable quantity of lime plaster with gravel.

April 15 No excavations at Apollo due to rain.

April 16 Continued removing debris in corner of east room of bath (southwest corner). Mr. Hill removing

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worked blocks from room west of central room (bath). See film 118-34. Began removing 1221-2 1/6 debris, bath, central room, southeast of sunken marble floor. See film 119-6. Began removing 0-2 m. west of east wall, 0-4 m south of sunken floor. See film 119-6.