Oura, Trachonas and Idalion

During our stay at Μαχέρα a dromos was found down by the road, during ditch-digging, running obliquely down under the road. The dromos was completely excavated and cleared by the time we returned to Dali. The closing stone of the chamber stood in situ. After the dromos had been measured, the doorstone was removed and the chamber was found to be completely filled with clay. Clearing of the chamber began at once. The rock in which the tomb is cut is extremely loose, and the difference in hardness between it and the fallen clay is negligible. The south-western part of the tomb is cleared first. This square is called A. West of the entrance there was a mass of skeletal remains heaped together in a pile. See drawing. Since only one human skull and 4 pairs of bones, which may be the lower parts of arms or legs, were found, it may be considered probable that