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

Diary page 1820 sand & mica - like 4th cent. B.C. common wares. All north of wall at 24 to 25 north. North 26-28, reddish soil, loose, few small rough stones only. 1731-2 one bucket of sherds,

Page 1830 but no tiles whatsoever, no glass, no lamp frags. Some iron and lamp frag. at 25.50 at bottom of strat. In Temple A, also finished removing between cellas north 28.80-30.40, east of central wall 1823-2, reddish loose soil with many rough stones including many up to 25 lbs. 3 tile frags. only. Almost 1/2 bucket of sherds - a fill not debris. No glass, no finds. Finished removing in west cella, center, north 11-18, 1761-3, a loose fill of reddish soil, without stones and only a handful of broken tiles, and about 1/3 bucket of sherds, no glass, lamps or other finds in area 6.00 x 1.60 x 0.09 m Strat. 3 did not occur from 11-12 north except along side of east wall. Here there was no strat. 2 either, but a fill of clean chavara. See 1763-2W and Film 137-2 where the top of it shows south of worked block. No sherds, tiles or any finds in this strat.

Page 1834 4 May 50. W. of W. propylon porch 1.90-7.00 m. finished removing 1675-3, loose brown soil, small rough stones. Removed about 1/3 basket (bucket) of sherds, no tiles. Removed also same area fill over stone cover of water conduit about 1/4 bucket of sherds and some glass - no tiles. In Propylon Porch dug under late wall (north wall) at point 4.40-4.77 from east wall to find if an earlier wall might occur here; depth 0.62-0.82 (rock) below top of late north plinth; about 1/8 bucket sherds, and 2 pieces of lime concrete. No finds or tiles; a fill of brown clean soil without stones over bedrock. In Propylon court dug sample of strat. left along north wall before last war. See Film 136-21 & 34. Upper part of accumulation contained no sherds but about 3 handfuls were found near bedrock, no glass or other finds - about 1 wheelbarrow load of tiles. No sherds in upper part of this debris. Many rough Page 1836 stones averaging about 3 lbs. Reddish loose soil - some lime plaster - placed with tiles which I am stacking up against north wall on bedrock. See Film 137-8. Removed debris in front of threshhold to room 1 of W. Bldg. separately - sherds found here very few and tiles all also near rock - placed with others found along north wall. About 1/2 wheelbarrow load of tiles - placed with others & stacked up against north wall. See Film 137-8. The debris in the propylon court appears to reach almost everywhere down to bedrock. The earth is distinctly reddish, very loose, full of rough stones & tiles, althought the tiles are not found in great quantity. Along walls bits of lime plaster were found in debris. In Temple A, e. cella, center, north 28-30 plus dug 1731-4, on either side of early wall and a little farther to south. All soil in rock cut depression east of early wall was black becoming harder and more compact toward bottom of stratum No stones, nottiles, no ashes noted but soil was quite black. There was some of this black soil at west of early wall also & more than 1/2 bucket of sherds, no lamps, no glass. 1761-4 also contained red soil, looser than

Page 1850 the black soil by a great deal, and contained unlike the black a few, small rough stones, no tiles; about 1/8 of a bucket of sherds. The red soil was to west of the early wall only. 5 May 50. also May 6. In Trench 11 finished removing E 0-10, S 0-4, strat. 1 (like 1667-1) dark loose soil, many rough stones including some worked blocks, small ones only removed, placed near e. wall of Guard House. About 4 wheelbarrow loads of tiles; about 1/2 bucket of sherds only. Finds 943-946 incl. Calling new building in Trench 11 the Southeast Bldg. Room 2 of this bldg. extends N 0-1.36, S 0-6 m. and E 0-6 not including its portico on the quadrangle which occupies area N 6-10. F 947 also from here. Removed also Trench 11 (court of S.E. Bldg.) E 10-14, S 2-4, surface soil, dark, rather clean with very few stones, no debris, about 1/4 bucket of sherds, and about 1 bucket of tiles, no glass, lamps or other finds here. Strat. 1 removed down to 0.07-0.10.