Field photograph·C00486·1929

Overview of Gunnis's excavation at Marion

Overview of the excavated ground at Marion, with stony soil in the foreground and hills and scattered trees beyond — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00486. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Open, stony ground fills the foreground, with scattered rubble, low scrub and a few shallow hollows that look like cut areas. Beyond, a long rounded hill runs across the frame, with a line of trees and bushes on the flat land below it. No people or equipment are visible.

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Description, scan 2: Stony ground in the foreground is marked by shallow cut hollows and scattered rubble, with a dirt track along the left edge. Low, scrubby hills rise across the background, and clusters of trees line the valley floor beyond the field. Scattered shrubs grow among the stones.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Overview of Gunnis's excavation at Marion.

Swedish, as on the record

Marion. Översiktsbild av Gunnis grävning. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen

Swedish, as on the record

Människor ("Folk och Fä").