Field photograph·C00839·1928

Excavation with stones at Plakes, Lapithos

Excavation at Plakes, Lapithos, with a heap of stones filling the lower part of a cut trench.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00839. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A deep cutting with steep sides of packed earth is filled in its lower part with a heap of rounded stones and boulders. A small round opening sits in a ledge at upper left, and loose gravel lies on the ground at the top of the frame.

English, translated from the original record

Excavation at Plakes, Lapithos, with stones visible.

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)