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

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room, removing debris of large stones from stratum 2. See film 121 - 8 and 9 and sections pages 1237 and 39, brown loose soil. 29 April 1949 and 30 April Removing stratum 2, bath, northwest room (room 4) down to level of bedrock in northeast corner on south side and at west end, brown soil with many stones and heavy debris - mostly rough stones. See section pages 1237 and 1239.and film 121 - 8 and 9. Sunk small pit into stratum 6, southeast room (room 10). See section page 1225. Reddish brown soil with a great many rough stones averaging between 15-25 cm. in size (greatest dimension). This [handwritten: diary] Page 1260 Stratum most like stratum 5 in central room south portion for which see section page 1221. And film 121-19. See also film 121 - 22 showing pit sunk into stratum 6 (southeast room) and stones to side of pit which came from it after digging down to bedrock. In northwest room (room 4) dug down to large rough paving stones in northwest corner - ribbed ware found on stones and on Ptolemaic coin F75 between two of them. See film 121-25. Also dug down to rough paving stones in southwest corner. Found F76 (coin) here on paving stone. Continued digging below level of Floor in room 3. Found coin F74 at 1.25 m. west of east door way and at 44 cm. below top of east threshold. Digging south of south bay of room 3. Heavy debris here - extremely compact - many worked blocks including key stone to arch. All fallen stuff. Being removed under Mr. Hill's supervision. See his notebook. North of large plunge bath and east of small plunge bath

Page 1266 Removed page 1259-2. Street 1, X-A1 [handwritten: x-4], west 2 to 4, depth 10.45 cm. reddish loose soil, only very small stones, no debris, but fair number of tiles. Also street 1, X-Omega, west 0-2, stratum 2. Same as previous.

2 May 1949 Finished digging trench 9, north 14-16 (e-100-zeta) -eta, depth 0-48 cm. See film 121-35 and 122-2. Dark surface soil with very few rough stones only - some large blocks found in situ. Began removing second stratum between walls trench 9, on either side of grid theta, north 6-10, after removing worked blocks over stratum 2 and setting them on east wall (just east of grid theta). See film 122-3 and 4, and for blocks before removal 121-10. Began removing heavy stone debris trench9, k-mu,north 2-6 - dark loose surface soil. See film 122-5. In room 3, bath, Mehmet is tracing part s of floor which are still intact or partially so. Mr. Hill has handed over this room to me as of today. In room 5, continuing

Page 1270 to remove stratum 3, see section page 1255. Continuing to remove debris south of south bay of room 3. See Mr. Hill's notebook for this area. Began removing debris in opening in wall or indoorway, if it is a doorway, in east wall of room 5, bath, southeast corner. See film 122-11. Many large rough stones and loose dark soil.

3 May 1949 Finished removing stratum 1 - fill in opening in east wall of bath room 5, southeast corner. See section page 1265 and film 122-15-loose dark brown earth and rough stones - rather large ones - all debris. Mr. Hill continues to remove heavy debris south of south bay of room 3, bath (room 6). Mehmet finished clearing down to floor in room 3, bath, where still intact or partially intact, central area. See section page 1263 and film 122 - 16, 17 and 18. Page 1274 Began removing clean fill over west end of room where floor appears to be intact or at least the foundation of the floor. This clean fill is very homogeneous and was almost certainly deliberate. It probably served as a floor in the last period of use. Michalis under Mr. Hill's supervision is reconstructing the south wall of room 5. Removing stratum 2. Removing earth and loose fill of dark earth and many the same as stratum 1. Removing earth from loose fill of dark earth and many