J. F. Daniel, Bamboula IX 1948John Franklin Daniel

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July 2, 1954

Extend 20:15 d 2 meters to the SW and 6 meters thus joining 20:15 c. It was hoped to establish this area definitely either as a cemetery or as an inhabited area (or both, at different epochs). The evidence yielded is insufficient for this hope. The bedrock is everywhere close to the surface (30/35 cm maximum) and crisscrossed by plough marks. Several more cuttings for pots appeared, as in 20:15 d but no trace of wall, foundation wall or worked floor surface. On the other hand one cutting appeared which could be the dromos of a tomb but this disappears into the SE scarp leaving one in uncertainty. No dromos was found for any of the three pits of 20:15c which makes it impossible to claim them as tombs. However the ruinous condition of the bedrock around intrusion no. 1 and the pit I referred to as the northernmost intrusion (p. 141) leaves the possibility open that these could have had dromoi and been tombs.

July 4, 1954 Photo BAM '54 no. 18 20:15 c-d-e general view from NW with pits in foreground BAM '54 no. 19 20:15 c-d-e general view from SE with pits in background BAM '54 no. 25 20:15 c-d-e from SW showing cuttings in bed rock