Field photograph·C08227

People with tools at an excavation

People digging with spades at an excavation, with a mound of loose earth in the foreground
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C08227. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Several people bend over a mound of loose earth at an excavation, digging with spades. A woman in a headscarf and light coat works in the centre, a man in a hat stands at the left and another man stands upright behind the digging. Figures crouch at the edges and in the background, with a raised bank of earth beyond.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • People digging with spades and tools at an excavation
Description, scan 2
Several people bend over a raised mound of loose earth, digging with spades and tools, while others stand watching at the left and top. A woman in a headscarf and apron works in the centre and a man in a hat digs at right. The ground is dark and broken up, with a low bank or wall line visible in the background.

English, translated from the Swedish record

People at an excavation, with tools.

Swedish, as on the record

Människor ("Folk och Fä").